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    Winterized, water running out from sight glass and drain...

    We are having unusually high temps here in Iowa (upper 50's). The snow is all but melted and I noticed I have water running out of sand filter (from our sight glass and drain). See photos. Is the filter lever in the wrong position (winter hiver) ? why is this happening? We had a local company do...
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    Pool closed by pool store, unnecessary chemicals?

    So I have my pool closed the other day and noticed they added the following chem's: 4 gallons of liquid chlorine 1 qt of proguard algae 60 1 proguard stain scale inhibitor I wasn't aware they were going to add these until after I was invoiced and I wasn't home when they did closed it. Lesson...
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    At my end...

    Okay, so here are my readings from this past weekend: FC: 7.5 CC: 0 TC: 7.5 pH: 7.2 T/A: 170 CH: 500 CYA: 50 I have consumed 8, 182oz jugs of bleach since Friday. I noticed the sides of the pool are a darker shade then the bottom. I decided to "get in" and scrub, since this seems to be the...
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    Am I on the right track?

    I found this web site and have enjoyed converting to the BBB method. Here are my readings: Yesterday: FC - 2 TC - 1 pH - 7.5 T/A - 150 CYA - > 20 I added 32oz of HTH stabilizer and conditioner in a sock in the skimmer basket to raise the CYA. This morning: TC - .5 pH - 7.2 I also added...