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My pH is creeping up, I try to keep it around 7.6, but after a couple of days it goes up to 7.8 and then up to 8 after a couple more. I've been successful getting it down with MA, but I'd rather not have to add it every two days. I think the culprit is that I have a solar breeze that aerates...

I'm going to be leaving for 4 day vacation. I'm a new pool owner using the TFP method. I just wanted to make sure I got this right. I'm going to bring my pool up to shock level according to my CYA then put pucks in my chloronator stack maybe 3-4 and turn it all the way up to 5 let it add...

My FC is not holding during the hot Texas days. Just a little background. I bought a house with a pool and moved in last week. I had to do a SLAM all last week to get the CC down. I passed the SLAM and have no overnight loss of FC or and zero CC. I went from 6ppm FC last night to less than...

We took ownership of this house this week and after SLAMing all week I'm running the pool cleaner (Aquonaut 200) for the first time. The previous owner had told me to close both skimmers and put the main drain on 75% to use the vacuum. I turned the pump on and I'm getting a lot of bubbles...

We bought a house with a pool and moved in on Monday of this week. The pool had 2.0 ppm of CC so I have been SLAMing all week. I just met all three criteria this morning so I am waiting for my FC to come down below 10 to retest my pH+ and alkalinity. I was at 7.2 preSLAM and around 40 for my...

We just bought this house and have had it a week. I have been doing a SLAM to get the water healthy. The previous owner was a pool store guy and the pool had 2ppm of CC when I moved in. I noticed today that there is a crackling noise coming from the valve area. Sometimes it goes away and...

I'm in the middle of a SLAM and got a FAS-DPD taylor test yesterday. I am waiting on my TF-100 kit and am currently using a ColorQ Pro 11 (so sad I bought this. It's a waste of money.) My question is on the FAS-DPD kit. Are we looking for totally clear water to know we are done with the...

I bout some 6% Clorox bleach at Costco yesterday. It says "with cloromax technology" I think it's just a marketing ploy because it says 6% sodium hypochlorite. Has anyone else seen this? Just want to make sure I'm not putting extra stuff in my pool.

We just bought a house with a 30 year old pool and we take possession of it tomorrow. The pool is in good shape according to our inspection report. It has a new pump, heater, and DE filter installed one year ago. The plaster seems to be in really good shape for a pool that old with no cracks...