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Hi, folks. Happy to be here for the new season. Been cleaning the pool for three days or so since opening and I think we’re in surprisingly good shape! No visible algae, pool is clear. Any thoughts other than getting the salt up? (And maybe dealing w the CH, which for a vinyl pool...

Hi, folks. Hope everyone is having a fab summer. The local pool store installed a new liner & coping two (three?) years ago. We had some of minor separation of the liner from the coping earlier this season, which they mitigated with the plastic inserts. (This was before I'd read here that...

Hi, all. A buddy of mine just bought a home w a pool. He is in the process of getting a TFT test kit and learning the ropes. He’s never had a pool before. He just went to the pool store (Leslie’s) and came back w the results attached. I created a pool for him using my PoolMath app...

Which to address first? I’ve seen threads that advise TA w baking soda first, and threads that advise pH w acid. Tonight’s test results in logs. Thanks.

These reading seem erratic. I think the jump in pH was caused by previously using some possibly dated reagent. FC slam levels just keep going up. TA indicates need for baking soda. Advice on how to continue? Temps here in central IL have been cool. Lows in the mid 30’s. Highs 50’s...

The article at https://www.troublefreepool.com/blog/2019/01/18/opening-your-winterized-pool/ says: “While the pool cover is still on, users should take a few minutes and give their filters a good cleaning.” how does one clean the filter if the cover is still on, meaning the returns are...

Just getting started using these to test salt. For other tests I usually just dump the 15 mils or so in the pool, but these reagents seems particularly nasty. Thank you.

Hi, all. I've gotten to the point in the SLAM process where I have a dead algae and what I've seen called "algae dust." I've supplemented my sand filter with some DE, I'm using a filter sock and our robot to try to get the dead algae & algae dust out of the pool. Not a lot of progress so...

the SLAM video and the text below it on the tft page don’t seem to agree w one another. My CYA is 0. FC is 0. Questions: 1/ Do I need to get CYA to 30 before adding bleach, as the cartoon video states? 2/ What does “SLAM Level 10” mean? That’s what I get when I click “here” in the...

Repeated steps below and it worked. Go figure. Hi. iPhone 24 here running OS 16.1.1 Hoped to open the pool today. Launched pool math. App crashes. Deleted app. Restarted phone. Downloaded app from App Store. Launched app. Said “Synching” for a while. App crashed. Tried reopening...

Hi, everyone. I've watched the video on closing and read the wiki, and the "concept of closing an in ground swimming pool" thread. Most of what's in that thread is Greek to me, and there are so many variables I don't know where to begin to figure it out. So I'm not certain I should do it...

Hi, everyone. I’m dealing with a small outbreak of algae. This is my first experience with it, so I have a couple of questions. We accidentally left the chlorine generator off on our SWG and, with weather too cool to swim, I didn’t pay much attention to the pool. That was a mistake...

Hey, folks. Hope everyone is well. Pool is doing awesome here in central Illinois. Can’t thank you enough for liberating me from the tyranny of the pool-industrial complex. Question: The little glass window on the pool filter is filled with green stuff… algae, I imagine. I don’t...

Is the attached red, or pink? To me it’s magenta but I’m just a photographer. Thanks, folks.

Ph was 7 this morning. PoolMath said to add twenty pounds borax so that’s what I did. Ph now off the friggin chart high. Pool turning green. Never had a green pool when I was paying the pool store so I’m pretty frustrated with this new process. What happened and what can I do to fix it...

I am trying to get started using the TF Pro kit. I have quite a few questions that don’t seem to be answered in the instructions. So I thought I would just start here. Is this “the mark” referred to on the TFP “extended test kit directions?” Thanks.

Hi, everyone. Thanks in advance for your advice. We just had our 22k gallon pool rebuilt with aluminum coping and we're in the process of filling it back up with water. I've been using a Hayward SWG since we bought the house in 2012. As of last summer I was on my third generator. Also last...

Hi, everyone. We were just heading into the biggest outdoor holiday of the year and wouldn't you know my Aquarite system is on the blink. Again. :( Everything seemed fine a day ago. Normal chlorine, if a little on the low side. Today, zero, zip. Aquarite controller's LCD panel (the...

Just wondering if I can sweep the sediment to the deep to minimize square footage I need to vacuum. Thanks so much!