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Ok, even in central Florida it's still winter (we've had some bone-chilling 60 degree overnight lows lateely!), which means I'm still staring at a pool cover, instead of my beautiful TFP. So, to pass the time until pool-open (a ways off - probably early March) I've been playing around with Pool...

"Closed" the pool about 2 & 1/2 weeks ago. And by close, I mean I just put a big tarp like cover on it, and reduced pump run time to 2 hours a day. I only even bothered with the cover 'cause I was getting tired of skimming & fishing out leaves every day (skimmer couldn't keep up). And I don't...

After evicting The Creature and cleaning up my Black Lagoon (with what I've learned from TFP, of course), I'm now thinking about pre-planning to determine what to preemptively consider deciding about the various possibilities of choosing what to do this winter... Umm, that is, I'm trying to...

The following image contains two columns/series of pics taken of CYA tests. One series is a test of the 50ppm CYA Standard (R-7065) provided with the TF-100 test kit. The other series is a test of my pool water. I know which is which is which (I have a legend). what I would like to do is...

Yea, a provocative title - sorry... :) While I don't have one of them fancy new modern smart phones that can take pictures of a single grain of table salt, I do have a microscope! And and old digital camera. And, by carefully holding my camera over the eye piece of the 'scope, I was able to...

At TFTestKits, the TF-100 is listed for $70, plus about $12 for basic shipping, for a total of $82. I also found the TF-100 available at PoolSupplyWord for $68, with free shipping. So, basically, is there any reason to not purchase it from PoolSupplyWord? Thanks!

Preface: The following may be a bit anticlimatic compared to other stories I've since noticed on the forum, but, as I've already spent hours typing this one... Greetings Pool Fans! Because I have the time, here is a "brief" synopsis of my pool opening process this year. But first, a little...