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    Lots of flakes from SWG and falling CYA

    Not sure if this post should be here or in the advanced topics section. My apologies if this is the wrong place. Mods please move. Over the last year or so my SWG is making more and more flakes of scale and I cannot work out why. My CSI has always between -0.2 and -0.3 until recently where I've...
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    SLAM ?successful, but CC still high at times

    I had to slam my pool for the first time. The clockwork timer stopped working, combined with a couple of big storms, lots of rain and leaves all over a cover with the water from this mess going into the pool... Pool never went green but did get cloudy. I now have lovely clear water, but CC is...
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    Slotted return for 40mm unthreaded return pipe

    I have recently installed a poolskim and it is working well, however, I want to increase the water circulation at the shallow end to get a dead spot in the pool moving and hopefully catch debris from there before it sinks. From reading here, slotted returns appear to be the answer. I have a...
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    PoolMath suggests half the required HCl

    PoolMath has worked well for me for all adjustments other than pH. I find that I need about double the suggested HCl to lower the pH by a certain amount than what PoolMath suggests. My chemistry is as follows: FC 6 CC 0 pH 7.6 TA 70 CH 410 CYA 80 Na 4400 Temp 18 degrees C My only idea is that...
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    SWG Calcification

    Firstly, thanks for these forums. I have learned almost everything I know about my pool here. Bought the house in Feb, pool just stating to go green, but with the info here and pool Calc got it back easily and have not looked back. But have a problem with the salt cell growing calcium...