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    Baking Soda Question

    Hi, how much baking soda do I add to a 10,000 gallon above ground pool to raise the alkinility? It's at 50 now. The boxes I bought don't have any info. thanks. Gary
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    To Calcium Chloride or NOT to ???

    Hi, I just had my pool water tested at the local pool store. They said my pool hardness was low. 110 ppm. So they had me buy 10 lbs of calcium chloride to add to pool. I just read the container and it says that this is used to protect tile, grout and metals in pool. I have an above ground 16 x...
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    Pool Problem # 1

    Hi all, my name is Gary from Long Island, NY. I opened my 16 x 32 above ground pool equipped with a 2 HP Hayward pump and sand filter model TM -12 about a month ago...still haven't dove in yet. Mistake number one was on the initial start up of filter. I shocked it. Added 14 lbs Alkanlinity...