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    Salt ppm level high

    thanks, my question is do I need to drain my pool or is it ok to have that high of a salt level in a non SWG pool,
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    Salt ppm level high

    Hello everyone, I have been using only liquid chlorine in my pool since I remolded it 4 years ago, the pool has always looked perfect, never any alge or problems, I performed the Sodium Chloride test with my Taylor test kit and my salt level is 3500, am I ok with those levels? Thanks in...
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    salt level in chlorine pool

    Hi everyone, I have been using only liquid chlorine since I remodeled my pool 5 years ago, salt is collecting on my solar pool cover, I am sure my salt level is super high, will that damage anything and should I drain the water if so do I need to drain the entire pool, Thank You in advance
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    Algae in my attached spa over night

    it's ok now, I drained the spa into the pool and recirculated the water. maybe all the chlorine got boiled out. I tested the FC level in the spa before the pump came on and it was real low, pool is good, FC-7 CYA-60, water in spa is blue again
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    Algae in my attached spa over night

    Hi, I turned the spa on last night to 101 degrees and noticed something different when I got in, this morning it's green!, the rest or the pool looks fine. the water temp was in the 40's when i started to heat it. I did drain the spa the day before to get a lot of dirt out of it due to high...
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    calcium hardness levels

    hello, can anyone let me know if calcium level of 400 is acceptable. pool remodel is almost one year old, first mistake i made was having the pool store test my water, the had me add calcium powder, I'm not sure if that was the right thing to do. I no longer go to the pool store and do all my...
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    Attached raised Spa leaking down

    Hello, My question is in regards to my Jandy 7305 check valve. the spa leaked down about 2 feet the other night so I replaced the flapper with a new one and the next morning the Spa leaked down about 4 inches, Is it possible that the whole valve housing needs to be replaced as that the flapper...
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    weekly pool service maintaining proper levels

    Hi, not that I use or plan to use a pool service but to help educate my friends and neighbors how can a weekly pool service possibly maintain proper FC levels when only tested weekly? (if they even test) Thanks Dave
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    higher FC than should be to CYA level

    Hi, if my CYA is 40 and the minimum FC is 3 , target is 5, would FC of 7 cause any problems? Thanks, dave
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    question about FC target level

    Hi, my CYA level is 40 and target FC level is 5, my question is should I get FC level to 5 in the evening so it won't get below 3 during the day or higher than 5 in the evening ? thanks Dave
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    using liquid chlorine and dichlor tabs together in summer months

    Thanks everyone, I am planning a vacation in June for a couple of weeks and I will use that time to let the tabs raise my CYA level. I will also check that my tabs don't have any metals
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    using liquid chlorine and dichlor tabs together in summer months

    thanks, my CYA is at 40, can I let rise using the tabs and then stop using them when CYA reaches 60?
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    using liquid chlorine and dichlor tabs together in summer months

    Hi, I am new to the forum and would like advice on my local pool stores recommendation to use both liquid chlorine and tabs in my off line feeder together during the hot summer months here in southern California. They are telling me I will have trouble keeping up with just liquid chlorine. I...
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    use of pool perfect recommend by leslies

    Hi, i am new to the site and need some assurance on NOT using pool perfect for phosphate control due to the high cost. I am going to get the taylor k2006 kit and keep up on the chlorine/cya levels and start using liquid chlorine as often as needed with testing often. Leslies has me me adding 2.5...