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    ok to add boric acid?

    We kept having green and yellow algae, so we completely drained the pool 4 months ago; cleaned the filter, washed the walls, scrubbed the tiles and jets, etc. With the new fill water, I hope I got the chemicals right but yellow algae still appears every 3-4 days afterward. At least, the water is...
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    High TA

    After a complete drain, we're refilling the pool as I type. But the fill water TA is 190.:oops: I read the article "How to Lower Total Alkalinity" but I'm not familiar with aeration. I had to look it up in the forum to figure out what it meant. So, since this will be a constant issue for us, is...
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    borate newbie

    We're in the process of completely draining our pool (2nd time). I'm about to order granular boric acid from dudadiesel since it seems to be a reliable source from all that I've read here.:) Once we fill up the water again, are these the ideal chemical ranges pre-boric acid for a plaster pool...
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    water tested at Leslie's Pool

    Hello, I'm new to this forum so I apologize in advance if I miss any details. We started having algae, both green and yellow, and shocked the pool twice without any change. So we had our water tested at the pool supply store. Free Chlorine 22 Total Alkalinity 60 Calcium Hardness 670 Cyanuric...