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    Bleach Alternative

    So I am in NY getting ready to sell my house in a month just opened my pool yesterday to a green monster. Lots more leaves then usual got underneath the loop loc cover this year. Usually not a big concern as if just clean and slam. Working on cleaning still but it’s green and I’m on day 2 I...
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    Outdoor Speaker Questions

    So I plan on running speaker wire next weekend for some speakers on either side of our pools waterfall. For aesthetic reasons I was thinking some kind of rock speaker but I am open to just about anything. We have 2 large planters on either side. Does anyone have any suggestions for rock...
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    A Colleagues Pool

    Good Day Everyone! Just want to say thank you for the wonderful resource this website is. I hardly even think about my pool anymore. Anyway a colleague of mine has been having issues this past weekend and I had him bring a water sample into work today and tested it this morning. He went away...
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    Assisting SWG with bleach question

    So I have been adding about a bottle of 8.5 percent bleach a week ski can keep my swg at a lower percentage and increase cell life. Is this a good idea or should I try to keep things where the swg alone maintains at a 5 FC level. Last year I would do a boost a week but I figured just doing this...
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    Newbie In NY First Test Results Pool Just Opened, With Pictures!

    After putting my pool in last year and finding this forum after my build (better late then never I suppose). This year I am stopping the trips to the pool store and doing things myself. Picked up my TF100 Test Kit a few weeks ago. The pool company just came by and opened my pool today (they put...
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    TF100 storage

    I am going to set up a testing area in my shed with the tf100 kit. What storage conditions are needed for everything that comes in it? I am in NY and wondering if I can leave it over the winter and I am assuming it would be fine in high heat in the summer? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Newbie Question About FC

    Hello everyone so I installed and had my pool last year and did everything with salt and the SWG, however I am about 2 months from opening my pool ow and starting to read up and have my TF-100 test kit now so just trying to understand it. In order to add FC you just use bleach, excuse my...
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    Hi from NY

    Hello guys. Starting to inch towards spring here and thinking about the Pool for the first time. I am new to the forum, built my pool last summer and got to enjoy it for about a month and a half before the loop lock went on. Anyway just instructed wifey to get me the test kit from here for my...