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I'm finishing up SLAMing my pool. I went to test my TA levels. I put in the right drops, the water instead of going green, was more of a blue green. Not the strong green it usually is. It wouldn't go red. Are my chemicals old? What am I doing wrong? Thanks

I have some of the chlorine hockey pucks would that work for the CYA? or do I need to actually go get some cya?

My kids are bucking to get into the pool but I need to work on the water chemistry first. During the winter I didn't test at all but I did add a gallon of chlorine once maybe twice a week. So today I went out and tested my pool. The chemistry levels are definitely screwy like I expected. Here...

So no Borax? or do the return jets too?

Hi Here are my numbers for the evening. FC - 7 PH 7.0 TA - 90 I know what I need to do for the FC, just not 100% on the PH. I know I need to do some borax and that I need to mix it in a bucket with water before I put it in the pool. Is there anything else I need to know?

How would a 2 speed help? Sorry if that's a stupid question - - - Updated - - - Also my husband is wondering if running the pump at night would help?

Hi I thought I had my signature all set up. I added some more to it. What else should I add? Currenty I'm running the pump about 10 hours a day. Too much? Not enough? Is it better to run it at night? During the day? The kids finished swimming about an hour ago and these are my numbers. FC 10.5...

Just got our latest energy bill! Ouch! Any energy saving tips for keeping a pool?

I'm wondering if I should run the pump later into the night. Right now it runs from 10 in the morning till evening

When I'm maintaining the bleach level. Should I add it after kids have done playing. Should I do it in the morning?

Ok so I had the pool all nice and crystal clear and for a day or two after I didn't add clench cause the numbers were high. When it dipped I did start adding bleach. But now I've got some cloudy water. We've been faithfully brushing it and cleaning out debri. What have I done wrong? Tropical...

I've successfully SLAMED my pool!!! I love this site and all the friendly support and advice. Now to wait for this Tropical Storm Cindy to leave so the kids and play in the water and enjoy my hard work. Thank you everyone!

So Should I drain the pool more?

Hi So I did a good vacuum of our pool and let the water level drain down some and replaced the water. I probably didn't do enough and I took out the hockey pucks automatic feeder, so there still might be some of that stuff still in pipe system. But I just tested and here are my numbers FC - 10...

Sorry, I meant SLAM.

Being a newbie I waited to long after the pool guy came and waiting for my test kit to take care of the chlorine levels like is suggested on the site. Now the pool isn't quiet so clear and blue and is taking on a blue/green color. I think I may need to shock the pool. :(

Hi So I tested the pool and put the numbers into Pool Math. I've added the amount of bleach it told me to add. Do I test in a couple of hours or wait till tomorrow? Thanks Rachel

Our pool is 20,000

Hi So I tested yesterday and my CYA was 90 I could be off, still learning to read the results. We've been getting rain and my water level is high. So according to the CYA/Chlorine chart. My chlorine should be minimum 7 and target is 10-12. So yesterday my FC 4.5, so I need to add chlorine. Do...

How do I know how much chlorine to add on a daily basis?

Hi Everyone Hopefully I'm posting the right way. If not please let me know and I'll try to change things. Our family just moved to Florida and our new house has a in ground pool. We had a professional come and clean out the pool for us cause it had been neglected. I've found this cool site and...