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Hi everyone, thought pool season would never happen here in north/central Pa. I need to clarify a chemistry point. I opened yesterday and have the filter running. The chem is as follows: fc .5 cc 1 cya 0 ph 7.5 ta 140 borates 80 I plan on SLAMMING the pool but do I need to add cya first...

Always start your own thread when asking a question, rather than hijack another person's thread. :wink: Thanks, Butterfly I have a container of trichlor pucks left and need to raise my CYA. How can you calculate how many pucks to use in my automatic chlorinator to raise the CYA level. They...

I was just reading some of the old forum posts to try to find an answer to this question, but I couldn't find anything. Is there a way to search the forum? We will be going on vacation for 10 days and will have my Mom staying at the house. There is no way to explain all of the BBB method to...

I have been skimming the last pages of forum questions to see if this topic was covered(thank you moderators who keep answering all the questions we newbies have!). I started the season with high CYA levels then the levels dropped as we had 5 to 6 inches of rain. I did shock the pool which...

My 13 yo Hayward 1 1/2hp pump is stating to sound like a freight train. It is doing its job nicely but I'm thinking the pool graveyard will be in its future based on the sounds. Even though it is that old really it's only on 4 maybe 5 months out of the year. Is that old? If so any...

Does the BBB method use algaecide regularly? Not sure I've seen this mentioned for inground pools. My head is swimming with all the info btw:)

I opened my pool 2 weeks ago and the water was clear(with some leaves and debris at the bottom). I have been using the local pool store and its chemicals but got frustrated with the cost. I have added some of their chemicals to attempt to balance the water including lo n slo, optimizer,etc...