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I have a couple roman fountains on my pool and they came with 3 different heads. My favorite being 6 holes, 1 in middle and 5 around that sprays like a sprinkler fountain into the pool. Up until the addition on borax when they were on they would primarily make it into the pool unless it was...

Here are my test results: FC 8.5 CC .5 PH 7.2 TA 180 CH 350 CYA 55 Pool calculator says 108 oz of soda ash and also to lower alkalinity to adjust ph down to 7-7.2 with acid. Should I get the ph up first and then add acid to get the TA down? Aeration is not a good option for me I have no fence...

Anyone try "Aqua pearl" crystalline, silica-free DE alternative. I saw it advertised in a "in the swim" catalogue and they claim lighter and easier to handle. And makes filter cycles longer without caking or clogging like de. Sounds good! Anyone know anything or have tried it? Sent from my...

I was looking through a "in the swim" catalog and saw they have 1lb bottles of powdered liquid chlorine that they say are equivalent to 1 gallon liquid chlorine. They run about $5/lb and would seem to be a little more expensive than liquid but a lot more convenient. Will this product work as a...

I couldn't make up my mind when I was trying to decide which test kit to purchase so I bought both the K-2006 & TF-100 and the stirrer and measurer doohickeys. I received them in the mail today and tonight I grabbed a water sample with a clean Tupperware bowl and sat at my kitchen table to try...

I have a new pool as of last summer and I'm still working to get a handle on managing it. I was almost talked into adding bioguards oprimizer plus at our local pool store but with some helpful information from some other posts on tfp we decided to try to accomplish the addition of borates with...