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    CH, CYA, Salt all decreasing

    Hi, CH, CYA and salt are all decreasing in my pool. CH of fill water is 100ppm Today: CH: 200 CYA: 60 Salt: 3600 8 days ago: CH: 250 CYA: 70 Salt: 4000 Is this conclusive evidence of a small leak? The salt test seems like a lot but I didn't fill it up that much in 8 days and the test is +-...
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    The best beginner argument against algaecide

    I am in a few facebook groups for pools and a few other pool based communities. One big difference I see between them and TFP is the use of algaecide, specifically copper based ones. https://www.troublefreepool.com/wiki/index.php?title=Algaecide...
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    Help with Calcium test

    Hi everyone, I could do with some help with the calcium test please Logs: PoolMath Logs My calcium was 125, I added 8kg and that increased it to 175. I added another 8kg however it still tested 175. I changed from the 25ppm testing method to the 10ppm testing method and this time it tested 250...
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    Low calcium

    Hi everyone: 65,000 Litres, Plaster painted with vinyl. FC 8 pH 7.8 TA 90 CH 125 CYA 50 TDS 4000 I would like to bring Calcium to to around 550 as per the recommendations. This would be 31kg of Calcium Chloride. I have never added Calcium, so CH of 125 is indicative of my tap water, however...
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    SWG In PoolMath App

    At 9 minutes: "The poolmath app, is a great place to go because ... you can select that (the SWG) and it will tell you based on the pump run time and the generation percentage you put in how much free chlorine that will generate in your pool volume each day" How do I do this?
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    Ancient skimmer box

    Hi everyone I have an ancient pool that I renovated after we bought the house. It has this skimmer box pictured and it does not have a weir. There is also a pipe that goes to the main drain. If possible I would like to get this working properly as the Australian summer is intense and I want to...
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    SWG CYA Levels

    Hi, New to pool ownership and I am sure this question has been asked before! https://www.troublefreepool.com/blog/2019/01/18/chlorine-cya-chart/ I have a 65,000 litre pool in South Australia. It is sanitised with a SWG. On the chart above it recommends a CYA level of 60-100 with 70/80/90...