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Hey everyone, water is nice and blue after dropping the swamp cover in at the start of the season, but was noticing tiny dust particles that go poof on the pool bottom so figured I’d slam to be safe. Thing is, I am absolutely horrible at the CYA test. I think it’s 70, but was going to SLAM at...

Hey everyone, Despite my best efforts to raise the water level to make it easier, at the very end some grimy pollen leaf water that sat on top of the cover all winter got into the pool and the cloud spread rapidly throughout. I currently am running the pool on main drain only, as the water...

Hey everyone, Plan on opening my pool this weekend, and was wondering about the title. On Friday can I get the hose running underneath the cover for a few hours to get the pool filled? The only downsides I can think of is my arm will be wet when I go to remove winter plugs, but I also think the...

Hey everyone, I just converted to a SWG this year and so far so good (minus an consistent air leak, new pump gaskets / plugs coming in tomorrow); but had a question on calculating % and run time. Here are my pool readings before I ran the SWG at 100% for 24 hours straight: FC = 6.0 CYA = 55 -...

Hey everyone, apologies in advance for the essay but want to give as many details as possible. I am based in NJ with a DE filter, vinyl liner pool and opened on the later side this year (Friday, May 28th), and upon opening I had some pretty gross cotton candy stuff (White Water Mold?) all in my...

Hello, Just want to say I've been lurking my way to the last few successful pool seasons, so thank you everyone for your information! I opened my pool (brush, vacuum, backwash, replace DE) on 5/31 and shocked at night. My water is perfectly clear and the readings from my test kit are very...