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Hi all! I’ve taken over pool maintenance from my husband after a few years, and I’m trying to get everything back on track. It was green/ black and swampy with debris covering the pool floor. Here’s what I’ve done lately: 26 Apr: measured pH at 7.8, which is what comes out of our tap also...

Thanks! I had it set at 4.5 ft depth. I don't remember why I chose that instead of 4 ft.

I found green algae on the bottom of the pool yesterday, so I went and got some bargain bleach last night. This is the first time I've SLAMed. CYA was 70, shock FC = 28. Somehow I made an error using PoolMath, and I thought I was supposed to add 633 oz 8.25% bleach instead of 605 oz. Five...

It took me way too long to realize that the installers put the flow meter backwards on the SWG. After a couple days a technician came out and used some pliars to fix it in about 30 seconds. :D So we had the SWG running for almost 24 hours (per the manual, to get an accurate diagnostic salt...

Great, thanks for the help. Yeah, I did not add any water in between tests. The only thing added between TA tests was the salt. I was wondering if it was a test inconsistency, and didn't want to even think about fiddling with chemistry if I wasn't sure my tests were accurate. I'm kind of a...

So here's where I'm at, yesterday's tests: pH = 7.2 CYA = 75 FC = 5.5 CC = 0 TA = 120 And we also added 480 lbs of pool salt, which should bring that to about 3000 ppm. I'd still like to add another 20 lbs to bring it up closer to 3200 ppm, and we'll be doing that today if I can find a strong...

I guess I'm confused about how high of a FC I need to get the pool before I turn on the SWG. Do I bring it all the way to CYA 70-80, FC 5? Or do I only bring it partway there because the SWG will raise FC the rest of the way? The pool store recommended I add 8 lb CYA (128 oz), which would bring...

I added enough bleach to bring the FC level to 3 yesterday evening, but I didn't test and don't know right now what level is still left in the water. The electrical work is complete. We'll be priming and turning on the pump when hubby gets home. Here's my plan ... can somebody look it over and...

So the pool was installed on Monday, and it's just about full. We took a water sample to the pool store today so they would give me the chemicals that came with my installation purchase. They gave me CYA, dichlor, and salt. Unfortunately our local electric guys had a delay in coming to run the...

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Our new AGP is going to be installed in a week or two. We'll be running a SWG system. I'm brand new to pool ownership, but I've read the Pool School documents a time or twenty. My TF-100 kit arrived yesterday. I've got a few questions. 1. Can I go ahead and test for CH using water from the tap...

I'm assuming that's Polish? Hubby was born in Russia, so the pirogi we eat are of the baked meat or potato pie variety. Delicious with sour cream and hot sauce!

Hi! I completed purchase yesterday of our first ever pool. We live on a few acres in the deep south and have a whole passel of kids who need to learn to swim, so we thought hey! Why not just buy a pool we can use here at home anytime! I fear we may have overpaid a bit at the pool store, but my...