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    Is this a safe way to add in CYA, Muriatic Acid and Calcium Chloride?

    For the last few days I've been adding about 1 liter of Muriatic acid per day to reduce alcalinity to manageable levels. I've been premixing acid in a bucket since the purchased 20 liter container is too big and heavy to be practical to use for a direct poor method. I've also been running the...
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    How to proceed with a new, totally out of balance pool?

    The pool has just been completed and started up about 2 weeks ago. 13000 gallons, SWG, tiled all around, overflow edge. Current chemistry: PH - 7.8 Total Alcalinity - 165 Calcium - 112 CYA - 30 Free Chlorine - 3.6 I'm not really concerned with low CYA at the moment. My question is related to...
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    Where to aim return jets?

    This is a rectangular lap pool. Of the infinity type, with two overflow edges. All jets located on the same long side, positioned approximately half-way from the bottom of the pool. The pool's depth is at 1.4 meter the entire length. The builder has left all jets pointing straight across the...
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    CYA Levels - partially shaded pool

    I want to get a general understanding for the CYA recommended levels in a tropical climate. My pool is only exposed to sunlight for just about half of the day. It's fully exposed to sunlight from sunrise until about 12:30pm, and then gradually becoming more shaded until no more exposed to the...
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    Pool eXact Photometer feedback

    It seems there are very few members using this device around here. https://sensafe.com/pool-exact-ez-photometer-bluetooth/ Recently I was able to obtain a very positive feedback from one of the users. Is there anyone else? I'd be very interested to hear about the experience, especially when...
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    Fully Tiled pool - ideal water chemistry

    The ideal pool levels guide only lists three available choices for the pool surface: vinyl, plaster, fiberglass. https://www.troublefreepool.com/blog/what-are-my-ideal-pool-levels/ But how about the fully tiled pools? What would be considered as an ideal water chemistry for the wholly tiled...