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Today I plan to start the process of reaching 50 ppm borates. Since this requires several alternate additions of borax and muriatic, and considering that these chemicals force pH in opposing directions, how long should I wait between subsequent additions? Normally I would wait several hours, but...

Starting today, the index page does not update. Additionally, when I try to post I get this error. I have done nothing to my computer, no new installs, no browser changes, no nothing. I am using IE Ver 6, Windows 2000 (SP4). Sometimes the post goes through, sometimes not. I hope this one does.

This is a test. This is only a test. Had this been an actual post, you would have been given official instructions. END TEST

Over the last several weeks, my pool water has been a little dull. It just didn't have that crisp, clear look as before, even with "perfect" chemistry and chlorine. I attributed the dullness to all the rain we've had. My sand filter is 33 months old with original sand. Tuesday night (night...

Through a series of events that I won't get into, I ended up changing the sand in my filter last night. When I pulled the valve body off the filter housing, the stand pipe came up with it. I managed to get the two seperated, and found that quite a bit of sand had found it's way in between the...

That may sound like a stupid question, but really, where does it come from? Does it sponteanously grow if conditions are condusive? Is it airborne? Can it be transfered from leaves that fall in? No I don't have algae, just curious.

I was hoping someone could recommend some target numbers for TA (or anything else) that could reduce my pH rise. I use only sodium hypochlorite (10%) for chlorination. I have been intending to go with borates for quite some time now (and still may) but I just haven't done it. Besides, I have a...

Quick history. I switched to BBB three months ago. At that time my cya was pretty high. Since then, I have let the cya level drop via dilution. I have now reached the point that I need to add some. I've never used "straight" cya before. I read on this forum that the cya from Leslie's isn't very...

I have a stand alone Taylor K-1515 for chlorine (fas-dpd). Just curious, suppose you wanted to test just for CC. Could you skip the FC test and go straight to the CC test? I'm not having any problems, just curiousity. Thanks

Get out the tissue cause I'm going to bore you to tears. I was born and still live in Houston. I have a 28 year old son by a previous marriage, two teenage daughters, and two grandchildren. Yeah I'm an old f**t. I married a gal from Chicago the second time around. I work in a manufacturing...

*Pokes his head in and looks around for chem geek or waterbear* First post here. Been lurking, so decided to come on in. Nice place you got here. Ok, on to it. I fully realize that the Langelier Index was/is not meant for pools. Still, I'm a little confused on something. I've seen a formula that...