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Living in North Texas the weather is warming up! I am trying to "open" our pool. I started to SLAM yesterday. I vacuumed the pool by hand, cleaned filter and tested chemicals. Which were: FC 5.5 pH 7.8 TA 60 CYA 45 I added acid to bring the pH down to about 7.2 According to the SLAM/CYA...

I live in north/central Texas. Our temperatures are starting to warm up a bit (60s-70s). Its way too soon to swim, however, my pool has been neglected all winter, is full of leaves/dust, and somewhat cloudy. We have a spill over hot tub that we use frequently. So, I want the chemicals to be...

Recently, everyone's eyes are getting irritated after swimming. I read that it could be due to chloramines. How do I fix this? Water is clear, chemicals are balanced.

I finished SLAMing my pool yesterday. The water looks fantastic. The kids are chomping at the bit to swim. I checked the chlorine level and it is at 20. My CYA is 60. What chlorine level will be "safe" to swim in?

I am in need of a automatic pool cleaner. The one that I had before was an old pressure side cleaner and is now broken beyond repair. Can I get some recommendations for a mid range priced cleaner that is great for leaves? I have a bunch of trees on my property and during this time of year it...

This is my first summer owning our pool... My pool is a frog killer! Everyday when I empty the skimmer basket there is at least 6 dead frogs in both baskets. They must swim in there and get stuck?? How do I keep this from happening?

This is my first summer owning a pool. How much chlorine should I add per day? I've been testing every night and my pool seems to be burning off so much chlorine during the day! I am having to add about 1 gallon every night to "maintain" the level at 9. And if a skip a day I have to add about 2...

I got the chemicals within the appropriate range now. How do I maintain it? Do I add a little bit of chlorine everyday? If so, how do I calculate this? Or do I test and add a bunch of chlorine once a week?

Finally got my my test kit and here are the results. What chemicals do I add first?

I'm a new pool owner and just got my TF PRO w/smart stir test kit today and decided to test the water for the first time. I was testing CH and lost count at 200 drops!! So I tested again with the same result! and it still wasn't blue! I then tested my hose water to see if I could get a...