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    After one week of opening-HOW AM I DOING???

    After pulling off the winter cover on AGP Vinyl 16' we found small leaks that sediment had entered water. Not big deal but vac to waste took care of most of it. My pool store says TA range can be 125-160. When I first tested it it read 170. I added another 4lbs Borax and adjusted pH down to...
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    Brown spots on vinyl liner?????

    For a long time now I just considered this as settled dust down in the small crevises where the ground settles. But after trying to use a scrub pad all I was able to remove was the liner color and not the spots. Any ideas.
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    CYA not registering after HTH added

    Following recomendations here I have added 1.3lbs Walmart (95%) Stabilizer to my 5300 gal vinyl pool. I used the panty hose method and hung it near return. It disolved very fast but from earlier posts this should not be the case? I still register 0 CYA level on AquaCheck test strips. Also...
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    Borate Levels?

    Last year was our first year with our new pool. Dealer pushed ProTeam Supreme and Nature2. Now he wants me to add 20 more lbs of ProTeam. I already have 4 boxes of Borax to use. Only drained off 9 in. of water over winter. Took sample into local dealer that sells Optimizer. He says it tests @...
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    Borax, Nature2,ProTeam Questions

    Have read many posts and still have questions. Thanks Have AG 5300 gal pool. Last year was new and they set me up on ProTeam and Nature2. Used 20 lbs ProTeam and maintained no FC last year. Had no problems. Dealers says don't check borate level. Nature2 recommends 0.5FC. Just opened pool...