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    Question on Pesticide before liner replacement

    I am getting my AGP liner replaced this week. I live in New Jersey. The pool is 18 foot round. I was thinking about putting some kind of pesticide treatment down before installing the new liner. Does anybody have any recommendations on what to buy? Thanks in advance
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    question on liner issue

    I replaced my liner on my above ground pool at the beginning of last summer. We have had the pool for 8 summers and I was tired of refilling the pool from water draining out over the winter. This May I opened up pool and water was again down to a 1/3 of the pool and spent a day refilling with a...
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    Low PSi maybe

    My motor died the other night. I went and got a replacement motor. I purchase it last night and installed it. By the time I got done it was dark. This afternoon I got home pump was running I have it on a timer. I checked psi was four. I usally run at nine or ten. I am not sure if gauge is...
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    Hello

    I just want to say I live in New Jersey and this is the coolest spring I can remember. The temp here was 45 degrees this morning. The pool I opened last weekend. I hope it warms up soon. Is anyone else as frustrated as I am with the weather here in the northeast.
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    Leak?

    I opened my pool over the weekend. The water level had dropped about 3/4 over the winter the remaining water was nice and clear. I filled it back up Friday night and I did see any apparent leaks. The grass around the pool always seems dry I did not notice any drop in water level Sunday. Today...
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    AGP Cover is A Mess

    About a month or so after i covered my pool this past fall I noticed the water level dropped. I was like oh well deal with the leak come spring. I live in New Jersey and after last weeks 2 plus feet snowfall the cover is ripping apart all over and starting to cave in. I can't reallly do anything...
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    Thank You TFP

    I just wanted to post a big Thank you to all you TFP people. I had a dark green swamp last Saturday when I opened my AGP. I followed the Turning Your Green Swamp Back into a Sparking Oasis sticky and now have a clear blue pool after six days. I also wanted to post to encourage folks not to get...
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    Questopn on Shock Types

    I opened my pool recently and purchased some new shock at Home Depot the main ingredient is Trichloro-s-triazinetrione a powder. I had some shock left over from last year which main ingredient is sodium hypochorlite a liquid shock. The Trichloro on the top said do not mix with calcium...
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    Question on PSI Cartridge Filter

    I have a proline cartridge filter for an above ground pool. I have been running the filter for about six weeks now. The pool has 7600 gallons. This is all new to me. The PSI is at 12 is that okay? TIA
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    question on raising Ph

    My pool water is clear the chorline numbers are fine. The pool is 18 ft round. The water volume is 7600 gallons. The PH is at 6.2. I want to raise it of course. I have put in the chemical PH raiser the that came with the pool. That has not raised the ph level. I read here you can add Borax to...
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    Newbie AGP

    I have a 18 foot round with 52 inch walls by my calculations I have 7600 gallons with a cartridge filter. I filled it the pool up with well water. I feel like such an idiot. I have no idea [Edited by JohnT] what I am doing. They gave me a bunch of chemicals when I brought the pool. Anyway the...