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    Known iron in well water-new pool

    Hello, hope everyone is well. We are in New England and the weather is turning warmer so the pool is opened. We got a new 24 foot round 52 inch pool. We filled with 12 inches of well water while waiting for water delivery of ~8000 gallons(that's one delivery). That leaves us having to use the...
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    slam with high cya- can I dilute pool water with tap water to test?

    Hi, I have a target of 35 with my slam so I'm going thru chlorine reagent like water. I know when testing for high cya, you can dilute with tap water. To save on using reagents for chlorine(40-70 drops per test), can I dilute the chlorine sample in the same way and then multiply the result by 2...
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    Blue but Cloudy

    Hello, new to the forum but have had a pool for about thirty years/ Above ground, vinyl 24 ft round. using Taylor Complete FAS_DPD Chlorine kit to test and stopping by pool store once in a while to check their results to mine. Here are my results: CC 0.6 FC 0.6 pH 7.3 TA 140 Cyuranic Acid 86...
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    chlorine bottle uses?

    Hi, I'm SLAMing the pool and so far have 24 empty bleach bottles. We have recycling every two weeks and there are too many to fit. Does anyone have suggestions for repurposing them? TIA!
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    newbie

    Hi, we've had an 24 foot above ground pool in New England for close to 30 years. Every year we open and follow the pool store directions and boom the metals flash and the pool is a quagmire. I'm trying to by pass them this year because I feel like I was wasting lots of money for inadequate...