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Pool chemistry I know pretty well thanks to all of you. Pool equipment - not at all. The guys who open and close our pool set everything up and we generally call if there's an issue. Other than knowing how to turn off the SWG while slamming or to override the programmed timing when i want to run...

Opened our pool 1 1/2 days ago and am currently in the thick of SLAM. While I'm maintaining free chlorine at the levels indicated, I am getting a zero reading for combined chlorine. Even yesterday when there was still all kinds of guck in our pool. I have tried it multiple times over the past...

Hi, This is the first time that I've had an extended slam with difficulty getting rid of the cloudiness post algae. (Might have to do with fact that we opened pool a couple weeks later than usual or that I was out of commission with Covid and didn't realize until later that dear hubby wasn't...

Is it possible to add small amounts of CYA to my pool without backwashing first? background : I recently finished a SLAM - even though a salt pool, I approached it more as a non salt pool since the water was too cold for the SWG to be effective. MY CYA levels were Very low but I started the...

Hi, I ordered a pH meter from TFTests. I was reading the directions and had a couple questions. Can anyone help? The directions say to calibrate in buffer solution and to recalibrate periodically: -What is "deionized water" referred to in the buffer solution directions? Where would I get...

Hello, We had the pool opened Tuesday afternoon. The water was a little cloudy/slightly greenish but not too bad. The guy dumped some liquid chlorine in it. Today I worked at vacuuming etc. Water is looking much more clear. Did a reading and came up with the following readings: FC 12.5...

Background: Hi! Our pool was opened Tuesday afternoon and the pool people dumped some liquid chlorine in. When I did the first chlorine test Tuesday evening, I was surprised that CC was only 0.5 (with FC 14ppm) after the long winter. I attributed it to the fact that it's still cold? After...

Hi, The company came to close our pool today. Unlike previous years, when they left, the EZ touch remote in our house still showed the air/water temperature. I may be wrong, but I could have sworn in previous years that it was blank. So I went to the main control panel by the pool and it is...

I'm currently SLAMing pool due to high CC. I know that when FC is over 10 that my pH readings will be inaccurately high. My pH levels were OK before I started SLAMing. However, I also know my pH increases fairly quickly...and probably even faster as I SLAM it since there is more aeration as I...

I am very slowly trying to get up to speed on what I should have been doing all along. This is the start of the 3rd season for our pool and I've never cleaned (or even inspected!) the SWG (Ironically you would have thought the pool store would have recommended it so they could sell me more...

Hi, I'm hoping there is a better way to clean the Tiger Shark robot filters than what I'm currently doing. I let it air dry first and tap out as much as I can , but it doesn't all come out and inevitably a lot gets blown onto me . Yuck. Then because it isn't still clean and all kinds of...

Hi, I’m starting toSLAM my pool for the first time as helpfully recommended by a member here. (CC climbed toover 2ppm in the week after opening my pool). I think my TFT100 test kit will arrive either today or tomorrow. I’ve read pool school and numerous recent posts on SLAMingbut I have a few...

I have a vinyl pool so have read and confirmed that Hardness levels don't need to be as high as other types of pools. However, when I was getting my water tested today, they specifically said that if my hardness is too low, that the heater is at risk (of corrosion?). They said if not using...

Hi, I'm new to this forum and a relatively new poolowner. Although I've been reading a lot, I still have some questions. I apologizefor the long post but I've been having some problems! My pool was opened early Wed AM and the pool guys put some chlorine in. EarlyThurs AM I put some salt in as...