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    Ok to use robot pool cleaner during opening SLAM?

    We've just opened our pool, and are doing SLAM to get it under control. So the chlorine levels are high. Is it ok to use our robot pool cleaner during SLAM? I think so, but I'm not totally sure. We've gotten most of the organic debris out by manual vacuum but running the robot a couple times...
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    Help for friend's pool - algae?

    Pool open (late April) and beginning of season was uneventful as normal. Then toward the end of May the water became cloudy and an unidentifiable ‘scum’ started to form. They've been working with a pool service company for the past month+ without success. Pool is ~40,000 gallons, they think...
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    Best robot cleaner that is *available now* (we waited too long)

    Our pool is 40'x16' rectangle shape stairs on both sides gentle slope to ~5' max depth in the middle has an automatic pool cover that we keep closed except when in active use, due to our small children (can we use a pool roboto while the cover is on, if we keep it just open enough for the...
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    PH continually creeps up

    My PH levels increase by about .2 per day unless I actively bring it down. I’m using liquid chlorine, not granules. The water doesn’t have any unnatural aeration, other than filtering and swimming. And the water is clear and CC is either 0 or .5 each time I measure so it’s not clear there is...
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    Beginner with TFP method - when to test after pool store opened?

    We are new pool owners, and just getting started with the TFP method. We like DIY and the "just what is needed" approach. We did have a pool service open the pool yesterday (winter cover taken off, pool brushed, vacuum), because we wanted someone to show us how the filter, heater, skimmers...