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Hello everyone - I am hoping for some good direction with my pool issue. We did refill about a week ago (we fill from well water, no other option for us). When we were filling, we had hose attachment filters on 2 hoses and cotton socks (turned brown quickly) on the 3rd. As we filled I did add...

We opened our pool a week ago and after refill, stabilizing, and chlorinating (SLAM levels) the water is a beautiful, cold dream. Except for this issue (photo attached if I did that from cell right). Here are my numbers: FC 12 CC 0 PH 7.4 CYA around 28 (was 30 but we've done vacuuming to waste)...

I'm considering just leaving my pool "open" instead of closing like I did last year. This summer was my 1st experience at opening a pool, and let's just say I didn't enjoy it much. After my water balanced, I have no issues and only require daily bleach, so I'm thinking I will prefer leaving it...

Currently, my TA level is 150 (already dropped from 200 originally). It is recommended from my reading here to lower ph to 7.0 or 7.2 with MA then airate to raise ph back up to add more MA. My question is, is it ok if I want to lower ph below 7.0? No one is swimming in the pool, and won't be for...

I am having a problem with rising ph that I didn't have last summer, and I'm not sure if this is normal or not. This is only our 2nd summer as pool owners, so we are new. Water is beautiful. My readings: Cya 30 fc 6 cc .5 Ta 175 Ch 125 Ph 7.9 My problem with ph is that it rises every day...

This is my first above ground pool opening after winter. We had it uncovered, no trees, no leaves. I've followed the process of SLAMing the pool the past 2 days. I live in south Louisiana. We don't have much winters. My readings so far: CYA 70 (draining the water to bring to 30 -40ppm as...