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    New to pools not sure if the pool store is trying to sell me every chemical they have

    A huge thank you to everyone. The water has been stabilized for about a week and I'll call it a success. Now on to water leaks and filter problems. I'll start a new threat for those. Again thanks for taking the fear out of pool chemistry.
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    New to pools not sure if the pool store is trying to sell me every chemical they have

    Thanks everybody. I have the test kit on order until it arrives I have been testing daily using a smaller Taylor kit and taking samples to the pool store. I am happy to say that I have got the water to balance out using the BBB method. I did cheat a little and use shock and liquid chlorine and I...
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    New to pools not sure if the pool store is trying to sell me every chemical they have

    As stated I am a sever skeptic and would like the advice of another DIYer. Here is the background: I purchased the pool new 6 years ago and installed it at a previous house. During that time I was plagued with algae and constantly had to change the paper filter. I took the pool down and kept it...