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    closing pool for winter

    It was awful, stink and green so thick you could throw something in and it would just rest on top and not sink to the bottom. I'm hopefully not going to let that happen again that's why I found this site and am reading everything I can and trying to follow all of the directions and asking...
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    closing pool for winter

    Wonderful, thanks. You have helped me a lot. I only have to close my pool for 5 months or so. I just don't want to face what I did last year.
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    closing pool for winter

    Thank you that is the instructions I'm using for closing my pool. It says to add the polyquat 60 which I do not have. I have the HTH algae guard, which is dimethyl benzyl ammonium chlorides 9.96% methyl benzyl ammonium chlorides .04% other ingredients 90% I know its not the 60% but if I add a...
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    closing pool for winter

    I have a bottle of HTH algae guard, should I add this to the pool? I've read several things about closing the pool and some people suggest the poly quat and some people don't. I had no idea what that was and then found that it was an algae prevention, the HTH is what I have, will it work?
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    Do I need to clean and then close my swamp?

    I really don't know how since it's a funny shape and so many different depths. Thanks for the help I'm going to start slamming.
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    Do I need to clean and then close my swamp?

    Thanks for your help. My ph is now at 6.8. I'm frustrated that it doesn't change and doesn't change then it changes too much. Is it ok to start slamming with ph at that level?
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    Do I need to clean and then close my swamp?

    Yes I drain it down and cover it. I have the tfttestkit that was suggested on this site. The cya tube has a 20 mark and I filled the tube till the black dot wasn't visible and that was the 20 mark.
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    Do I need to clean and then close my swamp?

    I started the slam process awhile back and was making progress and then I had pump problems. Now $400 later I have a new motor on my pump but lost all progress to clean my pool. Now it’s time to close the pool. Do I clean it and then close? It is green you cannot see the bottom. Also if I’m...
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    Cya problems

    I measured the pool and got the size by the calculator on pool math 25x30x6. It is kind of a figure 8 shape that is bent in the middle. So it was very hard to measure. When started Fc 0 Cc 0 Cya >20 Ph 7.5 Ta 90 Today: Fc 6 Cc .5 Cya 90 Ph 7.2 Ta 90
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    Cya problems

    I have been trying to get my cya level up. The tfttestkit said I had none and told me to add 8 pounds of stablizer. I didn't I added 4 then I tested again and it still told me to add 8 pounds I added another 4. Now my reading is 90! Now I'm out of the r0013 stuff my pool is green I need to slam...