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    Horrible chlorine smell

    This mornings numbers FC-12 CC-.5 PH-8.0 TA-150 Sunday mornings numbers FC .5, CC-1.0 PH- 7.6 TA-120 Had the beginnings of an algae bloom (ran out of chlorine for a day). Water never got cloudy always crystal clear, but had two small slimy spots which I scrubbed up. Sunday tested, slammed...
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    Venturi style vacuum help

    I was having problems with fine dirt settling on the floor of my pool. I only had the venturi style vacuum to use and all it did was blow the dirt straight through the bag and back into the water. I found an easy hack to help eliminate that problem. You will need a/c pool filter ( for my vac...
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    FC loss

    9 am test results: FC 3 cc 0 ph 7.4 TA 100 ch 125 cya 30 4:45 test results: FC .5 cc .5 ph 7.4 TA 100 ch 125 cya 30 I checked overnight loss last two nights and it has been 0. How should I proceed to keep my FC levels around 4 and not get to 0 before the end of the day? Full sun, 105...
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    summer waves pump not enough

    My pool is the style that has pump, skimmer and filter on side of pool wall. It's not doing it's job. I get an accumulation of dirt and dead bugs on pool floor and surface. The only style vacuum that can be used is a venturi style and all that does is stir the water, causing hazy water and...
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    testing with K-2006

    My readings FC-0 CC-0 PH- 7.6 TA-90 CH- 120 CYA-0 I had been using pucks but after reading here I removed them and went to 8.25% bleach until my k-2006 arrived today. My water is the tiniest bit hazy compared to a week ago. No smell or sliminess. When testing FC the water never turned pink...
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    Introduction

    Hi, all. New to pool ownership. Bought my pool on Friday 17th of June, built, filled and swam. Suddenly occurred to me I needed chlorine so off to the store I went. I bought all kinds of stuff, threw a few 1 inch tabs in my filter per the pool instructions. I then decided to come online and...