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    sudden outbreak of surface foam

    24' 15,000 gallon salt. Everything was fine, chemistry was good per pool store but they recommended 24 oz Phosfree due to elevated phosphates 400ppb. Added that last night and about mid day today the surface suddenly foamed up. Acts like it is clearing up and then covers the whole surface...
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    AquaTrol timer questions

    Have a 15k gal ABG pool with a new AquaTrol RJ setup. Controller has a timer, a switch for the pump to be on/off/timer, a switch for the cell to be on/off/superchlorinate, and an output % dial. Water chemistry is spot on with stabilizer at 55. Running continuous at 20% output I still have...
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    chlorine level after AA treatment

    15000 gal. pool treated 8days ago with 2lbs AA, Stain cleared well but cant get chlorine level to hold. I treat with chlorine at 6am, 4pm, 7pm, 10pm and more often if home. Would have thought the AA would be neutralized by now. Im I being too impatient? How long should I expect this to take?
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    Borate question

    Just started the BBB method this year and haven't needed to add any Borax yet. Just finishing Ascorbic Acid treatment and working on getting alk/ ph/ chlorine lined out. Want to put borates in but cant find test strips anywhere locally. I will get some ordered. Can I assume that I have zero...
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    Just did the ascorbic acid trick

    Just did the ascorbic acid trick. Had a terrible stain this year when opening. Was told by the pool guy that it was algae and he sold me al kinds of stuff, that didnt work. Then told me the stain was coming through from the other side and I would probably need a new liner. Did some checking...