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  1. ChristenQ

    Is this Calcium build-up or fiberglass gel-coat erosion?

    I opened the pool this spring to see the dreaded chalkiness below the water line! (Nooooo!) I hadn’t noticed this before closing last season and there was 0 chlorine and a 7.4 ph at opening. I’m clueless as to what happened unless maybe I didn’t notice the chalkiness last season as it was under...
  2. ChristenQ

    Salt at 7200-8400, but Salt cell says low salt!

    I was just getting the pool to a point where I didn’t have to add acid every day. This morning the Pentair IntelliChlor (this will be its third season) was indicating low salt, so I tested salt. 3 Taylor tests results ranged from 7200-8400. Aaah! I must have grossly miscalculated earlier in the...
  3. ChristenQ

    Cloudy water, do I need to SLAM?

    New pool last fall and SWG set to about 2% output. I saw cloudy water two days ago. Test showed an FC of 0 so I bumped up the SWG to 100%. As I peruse TFP, I am seeing that kids plus sun requires more SWG output and I should have had some CYA in there. Leslie's sold me some Phosfree products...
  4. ChristenQ

    Newbie Pool Project in Indiana

    Hi, I'm new to pools and TFP. I'm attaching a pic of our yard and my drawings with two pool options. DH and I are debating between these two fiberglass pools (same price): Aspen - Thursday Pools OR Greco - Thursday Pools. We have 4 little boys ages 3,4,7,7. DH votes for Greco for the added...