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    HIGH CYA=HIGH SLAM and high Ph. Help!

    Hi All! My DH decided he wanted to use pool store Crud this year……for the last 3 summers he was traveling and I followed all advice here and had a stunning crystal clear pool. Needless to say, our CYA was over 100. after showing him this forum and some posts, he finally agreed to stop using...
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    Ready to give up...6 days pool WONT clear! Help plz

    Please help.....my pool will not clear. Obviously I closed too early last year and had a massive algae bloom. Been brushing at nite and vacuuming during day. Started SLAM 6 days ago and pool won’t clear. Today FC 15 CC 1 PH 7.2 TA 100 CYA 30 Pool doesn’t lose that much chlorine during the...
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    First time opening GREEN pool with TFP. HELP!!

    YUCK!!!! My pool is a mess!!!! Worst I’ve ever seen it on opening. Need HELP!!! Pool store dumped 5 gallons of bleach in before I could test....I did test CYA which came up 0. Socks are in skimmers to bring it up to 40. Heres my numbers. CYA 0 FC 2.0 CC 4.0 TC 1 TA 90 PH 6.8 My plan was...
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    New liner...balancing taken away from hubby

    It's me again! So the liner is in and absolutely stunning! As you may remember, I posted earlier that I'm taking over the chemicals from my husband as it hasn't been good the last few seasons. Heres my readings with TF-100 after two days of dissolving CYA and adding 122 ounces of 8.25% bleach...
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    Taking Pool Care over From Husband

    Hello! We've been pool owners of an inground 22,000 gallon pool for 17 years. Long story short, I'm taking over the pool chemistry and I'm soooooooo glad for this site. I'm fed up and tired of having my pool not look it's best. I've tried to go to pool stores for water testing (without him...
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    Help with liner for shady pool

    New posting but lurk all the time. Great info and folks! This is will be our 18th season with our Lazy L pool. My kids are older (24,22,17) and the pool has been one of our families best investments. So many memories in my pool!! Anyhoo...we are ready to order a new liner. Some of the new ones...