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So... I'm now helping my friend with her little pool. She has ph so low it doesn't register and 0 alkalinity. What do I raise first or how do I address this? It's a 3700 gal. pool. I put in 4 lbs of baking soda and some Borax. Was that a good thing? When I left her house it was still low...

Perseverance and patience is the key to the SLAM in my opinion. It worked. The algae is gone, the water back almost to 100% clarity. Hardest part has been getting the dead algae out without a vacuum. Learned a lot, hope to avoid going through it again. Going to maintain SLAM FC level for an...

I've drained down my pool to start trying to irradiate the algae. The water does seem to be getting clearer but I don't know what to expect while the algae dies. What can I expect to see? Small 1080 gal UGP.

I have purchased the PoolMath App. It's great. I also purchased the TF-100 test kit. My question is about the "Ideal" and "Recommended" ranges in the app vs. some values in the Test Kit instructions. Some don't align very well. Any insight to this would be appreciated. What should I set my...

I just received my kit. I was hoping it would come with instructions and the other tools necessary but it only has the chemicals. Does the TFP kit work with any of the testing color vials? I didn't have the tools and I assumed the kit would have everything I needed.

Hi! I've had a 10' x 3' Intex round above ground pool for 3 years. We upgraded to a larger pump last year. We love our tiny pool! We live in Georgia so if you don't have a pool you end up living in air conditioning too much. This year I really got lazy, relying solely on tablets and had our...

So I have been fairly fastidious on maintaining my water chemistry. However, after some significant rain, I have an algae bloom. My chlorine (by tablet) is high as is my free chlorine. How do I get an algae bloom with high chlorine? What am I doing wrong. Says my ph is low. I thought...