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    Help for a novice

    Busy day with much progress. Used the air compressor to aerate - dropping the hose with a small nozzle seemed to work just fine - I picked up a 15 lb rubber coated anchor to give it a bit more stability and control. I also added borax and had the ph at 7.4 in no time. Also scrubbed the entire...
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    Help for a novice

    This is new to me so just wanted to avoid mistakes. I greatly appreciate the advice. Our pool has been clear, so no visible signs of algae but given that it eats chlorine rapidly leads me to think there's something in there. It was cloudy this spring and took a week of pump running and...
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    Help for a novice

    Thanks for the advice - to clarify I should add soda ash to get the PH up to 7.5 range and then tackle the FC. Are you advising me to SLAM? At a shock level of 31 that would initially require 12 gallons of bleach.
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    Help for a novice

    I have had issues with maintaining any FC and was preparing to SLAM. My PH was a bit low so tried to increase, but made a mistake and added baking soda which did nothing for my PH but significantly increased my TA. I got a k-2006 this week. Here are my current readings. FC - 0 PH 7.0 by...