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Hi so last season I had no issues yet again thanks to tfp. One thing I did though was with CYA at around 90-100, I had to run my zodiac ei18 about 12 hours a day at 100% to maintain FC at the high level required during the peak of summer months. If this season I run CYA 50 would I see a...

So I can not for the life of me figure why like clockwork TA sits nicely for 2 weeks at a time about 60-70 then when ph hits 7.9 i drop to 7.6 then TA measures 90?? Then ph rises maybe 4 days back to 7.9 then add acid back to 7.6 . Then it sits nicely again for two weeks. had pool for 8 months...

So now I’ve nailed the Tfp way in looking after my pool , I’m bored and thinking maybe a spa would be cool ? Knowing what I know from pool care what’s the key differences with spa and frequency of checks additions etc ? Can you make it trouble free ? Thanks !

Hi , long story short, I have an extremely old Zane solar heater controller. I thought id get new probes to get it working and it did for a season but now it switches on and off like it’s on the edge of wanting to be on but then turns off. I think the controller is shot . The constant on off...

anyone know the 24 hr output for the zodiac ei 18 i have? i can only find 0.92 pound for the 35 model....

So pretty standard solar setup with solar Matt on second story roof , vacuum release valve on roof and pump at ground level all on its own system seperate to main pump and filter. has worked fine for the year I’ve had the house and pump has been there for at least 6 years. Pump recenlty died...

going on info in my signature what size cartridge filter do you recommend . Im thinking of changing the 20 year old original sand filter for a newbie that can filter a little finer also my new dolphin x30 has been the best pool purchase ever!!!

Hi All, Looking to replace my two pool pumps with the Quietest available. I have solar panels so variable speed for reduced cost is not necessary and not sure if running 24 hours on low speed is really needed in my situation especially if i go with a robot but im open to suggestions. I am also...

Is this normal ? I assume the better mixing is more accurate . FC seems to be lower than expected by around 2ppm TA higher than expected 20ppm CH lower than expected 75ppm

Ok , since TFP my pool is so boring to look after.....what else can I do to spice it up a bit! haha

FC 10 PH 7.5 TA 70 CH 400 CYA 80 SALT 4000 BOR 35 CURRENT TEMP 48 so the TFP way has been brilliant and im not having any issues apart from what i fixed from previous owner. Coming into our summer later this year i just need to clean up some scale and good to go. what im confused about my...

Fc 6.5 ph 7.2 ta 60 ch 450 salt 3500 bor 35 cya 100 ( was 20 and added 3kg cya , was expecting around 60) added 3kg of cya and got more than expected . Thoughts?

is it safe to say that during winter (CURRENTLY IN AUS) with a SWG following the CYA chart that if not running the SWG for weeks due to next to no FC loss that you should run higher FC according to the chart for non-swg pools because you are not running (shocking ) water through the cell? eg...

thoughts on an epoxy or similar in Aus that i can use to patch this up? the rust cleans esily with MA but want to slow it down a bit

so this is doing my head in, pool pump fully primed no air in basket on skimmer and main drain. connect hose and vac plate on my manual vacuum head to push around and vac floor, no air in pump basket (using autoskim valve) I change from manual vac to kreepy krauly head and basket has air...

Hi, where are people finding this in Australia? All i can find has copper....

FC 11 PH 7.6 TA 75 CH 575 CY 60 SALT 5000 BOR 52 CSI 0.34 TEMP 50 farenheit so today I noticed a white calcium scale buildup around my pool water line (coming in to winter over here) an im seeing some white spots on floor.... long story short had place 6 months. last owner let calcium build up...

FC 10.5 PH 7.2 TA 70 CH 550 CYA 75 BOR 52 My last pool store test since i took over shows 0.3ppm Copper and 0.1PPM Iron..... thoughts? leave it ? do something about it?

how do i calculate how many ppm per hour my zodiac Ei18 will produce in a 70 000 liter pool at 100%?

hi all been learning much of this site and about my pool for the last 6 months of pool ownership (in my new house) 30 year old concrete (quartzite). 70k liter. SWG. sand filter. solar heating (seperate pump independant of filter). rock water feature 9 (waterfall). I started with the basics the...