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Hey everyone - My FC is at 8.0 and CYA is 40-50. Pool math app puts that at the top of the recommended range. Is this ok for swimming? My kids are getting anxious :) My FC comes down very slowly after opening and shocking cuz I have the solar cover on all the time. I have turned the SWG off...

Hey everyone! I have a vinyl liner pool with a SWG. I'm trying to understand how important calcium hardness is for this pool. Here are my most recent numbers FC - 4.5 CC - 0 ph - 7.6 TA - 80 CYA - 70 CH - 110 Salt - 3200 CSI - -.67 Temp - 84 I know (or gather anyway) that for the liner...

Hi all - i keep seeing references to pre-mixing your de powder with water and then dumping that in the skimmer basket as opposed to dumping the powder in by itself. Does anyone have a good water to de ratio for this mix? I see things like “make a slurry” or it should have “the consistency of...

Is there any harm to backwashing a DE filter before the pressure hits the red line? Right now my pressure is about 17 and the red line is 20. At the pace the pressure is rising I will hit the red line in like 2 weeks when i'm on vacation. So is there any harm in backwashing it early? I doubt...

Hi everyone, I recently added CYA to get my level up to 60 (it was 0.... pool was built and filled last fall but not used till now). pH was 7.8 before starting the addition now it's 7.2, which makes sense. However my TA went up from 80 to 90 (the drop test is subjective though because it...

Hi all, End of last year I got an inground pool with a SWG installed. Previously I had an above ground pool so I'm familiar with the care, but I'm unsure of how much CYA I need for an SWG pool. Right now I have the SWG at 50% and my FC goes between 2.5 and 3.0. I have no CYA in the pool...

Hello everyone, At the end of last year we had an in ground pool installed with a salt water filter. Previously we had an above ground chlorine pool so I’m familiar with the basics. However with the salt water pool I’m getting conflicting information rom different sources so I am trying to...

Hi all, I have a 22 foot diameter intex pool. It was installed by the previous owners of my house. We moved in here in the fall of 2018. I noticed recently (within the last month) that a few of the post are not straight. See attached pic. A rough measure has them about 5 degrees off plumb...

I've been SLAMing for two weeks and the water still isn't clear. Don't get me wrong, it's improving, but this is the third year i've had this pool and it's never taken this long. Relevant details - My CYA is 35 - My PH is 7.4 - My TA is 60 - I have a brand new sand filter -...

Hi all, I have a 22'x52" round Intex pool. I have this filter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FHHV9YP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 And also this floating skimmer basket: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00012TL3Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1...

I have a 22' round pool that was installed by the previous owners of my house. The cover they left was a piece of junk, so I got rid of it. The only sizes I'm finding are 21' and 24'. I meant to buy a 24' on amazon but accidentally got the 21'. The measurements indicate it's 25' in diameter...

Hi everyone, new guy here. I bought a house last October, and the previous owners had covered the pool. I don't think the water was in very good shape before getting covered. Cover way way too big for the pool, and was constantly blowing off over the winter. I didn't have much time to deal...