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    Jelly in Skimmer Sock

    Since adding a skimmer sock about two months ago I have this jelly like substance in the sock whenever I clean it. It isn't sticky, just a clear jelly substance. Each time I clean the skimmer basket (every other day) I can get several tablespoons of this out of the sock. I'm glad it's not going...
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    Calcium Hardness 700ppm - how big of problem?

    Ok, we have a 1 year old pool (finished and opened Aug 08) in Phoenix AZ. Water here is super hard. I read my CH at 590, pool store puts it at 700ppm. How big of issue is this and what should I do if anything? Started out when new around 350ppm. The pool store showed me a bottle of "Cal Rite"...
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    High Chlorine all of a sudden

    My FC has been running right around 5 with my filter and SWG running for 8 hours per night at 40%. All of a sudden after this weekend my FC is at 10 and I can't get it down. I finally turned my SWG off and will leave it off until I get it down. Any idea why the chlorine level would rise with...
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    Non-Chlorine "Shock"

    Hello, Went to the Leslie's today to buy some liquid chlorine to "shock" the pool since it has not been shocked since opening it a little over a month ago. Our pool builder said to use the super chlorinate feature on our SWG once a month for general pool maintenance. The person at Leslie's...
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    Screwed by the Pool Store?

    We have had our pool about a month and the only thing I seen them add at startup were Salt, Liquid Chlorine and Muriatic Acid. I have a TF-100 kit but questioning my CYA numbers as I had to fill the tube to not be able to see the dot. I took some water to Leslies Pool Supply for testing and...
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    New Pool, New TF-100 Kit and here are the results...

    I have a brand new pool (finished 2 weeks ago) and just received my TF-100 test kit. Performed a test today and after wasting a bunch of solution (you're not supposed to fill the beaker with the dot to the top line with the solution) :( I have some results. Last night I noticed we couldn't get...
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