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    Why would Trichlor SLAM work and Sodium Hypo fail?

    Last couple of years I have been SLAMing with 9.6% hypochlorite and had no issues. Last year no matter how much I tried I could not get the pool to hold chlorine and was using 3-5 times more dichlor than a usual year. I had intended this year to drain and restart but in the end decided to give...
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    Mustard Shock and test strips

    Opened my pool late this year and was lucky that it hadn’t bloomed. Whilst trying to shock it with 7litres of 9.6% bleach I found my Aquachek strips showed 5ppm total and 0ppm free chlorine. So I have added what should have been enough to mustard shock my 48 cubic meter pool. Still my test...
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    Aeration with SWG ?

    Hello All, I have a pool with a SWG and fairly well balanced water , The return eyes have air venturi ports on them that when opened add bubbles to the returned water (not a lot but clearly visible). I assume the would be deemed a aeration but, is it of any value to my pool to a)keep them...
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    Total Chlorine less than Free Chlorine ???

    Hello All, Yesterday I replaced my SWG and whilst I was at the shop I had my water tested. They used a automated precision pipette to measure water into individual test 'cells' that were pre-dosed with the testing chemical and sealed (obviously this seal was broken to add my pool water). Each...