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    Adding borates this year? Some Guidance

    Hi, out here in Arizona and just did an acid wash and refill on the pool. Still in the process of setting it up and been reading about borates, to help with calcium levels cause Arizona water is hard af. What levels should my TA and PH be at before adding them and what should the borate level...
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    Burning alot of chlorine

    Arizona, 17K Plaster Current levels FC: 6 CC: 0 pH: 7.8-8.0 CH: 425 TA: 120 CYA: 50 Pool is clear everything seems to be fine. 10% Liquid Chlorine is fairly cheap here in Arizona (5.50 two gallons) so that's what I use because Im not sure I trust dollar store bleach (yet). Any way, I feel...
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    My first completed slam here are my readings

    So now I maintain? Readings:Target FC: 4:6 PH: 7.8:7.6 CH: 475:Need to retest TA: 120:120 CYA: 50:50 Im in arizona to the CH test maybe just what it is, after i filled it it was at 375, had to add stabilzer, acid, etc. Now to the questions. I should raise my chlorine and i was looking at...
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    Hi, Im new here and have already done a TON

    So Im new here, but Im not new to pools. Its been about 20 years though and pools have changed a lot. We just bought a new houe that came with a pool. First order of business was to put a fence up then I took the water to get it tested at the pool store. The chlorine was super high and the CYA...