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I have a 15’ round intex with a 12” intex sand filter. It says 2100GPH pump rate and 1600GPH system rate. I put in a larger outlet, so I’m guessing I’m maybe more around 1800-2000 flow rate, but I’m not really sure. I guess we’ll just call it 1600 to be safe. I tried the discharge side intex...

Here’s my opening this year (after proper closing) and last year (half assed closing). So much easier!

I have perpetually high TA because my fill water is really high (200). I believe the correct method is to add muriatic to get ph to 7.0, and then aerate to get ph up, then I can add more muriatic, rinse, repeat until I get my TA where I want it. Can I simply do this cycle as quickly as I can...

Kind of proud of this. 2nd year opening, and I almost just drained the pool and started over but figured what the heck let's give SLAM a shot. Took the cover off friday night, scooped up as many tadpoles as I could (had HUNDREDS of them), and let everything settle over night. Vacuumed, scrubbed...

What is the advised way to handling adding muriatic acid? I've been just "guestimating" additions straight from the gallon jug, testing, and adding more until I'm happy with where I'm at. This allows me to handling the acid as minimal as possible in terms of accidental skin contact. I'm using...

Hey guys, I messed up and didn't add chlorine for a couple days, and as a result I got an algae bloom. I started treating it on Monday, got it clear and below .5 CC by Wednesday but the last two mornings I've had a 1.5 - 2ppm drop in FC over night (testing at 8:30pm and then again at...

My neighbor gave me a gallon of liquid chlorine that's about 1.5 years old, it was in a big plastic container outside, and has experienced our full range of 20 degree winters and 100 plus summers. Its definitely lost a lot of its effectiveness, takes about 3 -4 times the amount as fresh chlorine...

Hey guys, this is my first year opening my pool from winter hibernation. It's a small little guy, 4600 gallon above ground. I brought it from cloudy green to sparkly blue (which I'm actually quite pleased with myself about), and am super close to having my levels dialed in, but I'm at a point...