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    AGP Pool sat for the winter where to start?

    ? thank you simple right lol . I still have some liquid CYA left from last year I would like to try and use that's up first then test it and compensate the remainder, if needed, with the granular and sock method. There is no issue in using both right? Would I need to give a couple days between...
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    AGP Pool sat for the winter where to start?

    Ok and when we set up initially last year it was before I found this awesome site so I just dumped the salt recommended for the gallons of water we had and some liquid bleach to help the first few day before the SWG had caught up along with cya into water. I never checked anything out...
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    AGP Pool sat for the winter where to start?

    Ok great to know I didn't think about that And the liner shifting. So it Jus like opening a fresh new AGP at that point right? Thanks for the help?
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    AGP Pool sat for the winter where to start?

    Ok so as far as that goes once it's drained what do I scrub the walls And floor down with? And how would you rinse it completely before refilling?
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    AGP Pool sat for the winter where to start?

    We partially closed out pool last October and drained it down past the inlets so we could clean and store the sand filter and saltwater pumps. Well a series of events happen and we never got past that. There have been no chemicals put in the water that has sat for the winter and no cover was...
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    How to get rid of Backswimmers when my chems are good??

    Where I have an AG SWG pool I thought my daily chlorine was supposed to be somewhere between 3-5. Was that not correct ?
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    How to get rid of Backswimmers when my chems are good??

    So my best plan of action should be the overnight chlorine lost test to indicate algae or not before Slamming ? Yes I do have small bugs on the top of the pool water this past week with rain we had, and I could see them going for those. So that could be he issue. I guess the OCLT with tell me...
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    How to get rid of Backswimmers when my chems are good??

    I’m so I just ran my CYA to 40 and it had dropped so I added some liquid CYA to bring it to 65 via the PS app. Where the info on how to do the OCLT and shocking if nessessary ?
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    How to get rid of Backswimmers when my chems are good??

    I mean is algae something you don’t see? All summer my water has been clear I vac once a week, and I have t noticed anything on the liner? Right now there’s a little debre in the bottom from the wind, I’m about to go vac it up. Other than that I’m just concerned of that whole laying eggs and...
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    How to get rid of Backswimmers when my chems are good??

    I’ve had an awesome 1st AGP pool season thus far! Now we had a few days of rain here in Central TX and I continued to check my chems daily and adjusted as need my FC and PH. I had to drop the PH a little due to <8.2 and I had some scailing developing on my SWG Cell. That being said I keep my FC...
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    DIY Fountain for Intex Ultra ?? Any plans out there?

    First off I’m loving maintaining my pool the TFP way! Soooo easy and headache free. I was so anxiety ridden thinking of having something to take care of daily and I really wanted it to last. It’s going very well with just a lil daily maintence? Thankful to have found this forum! Plus the app is...
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    New pool owner! Order of balancing chemicals and other questions

    *I have about a 1/2 gallon of Natural chemistry Instant pool water conditioner that I’d like to use first. Though it’s not enough to meet the 97oz that pool math recommends I’m hoping it doesn’t screw things up if I use what I have and then go buy the dry after I measure again.??
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    New pool owner! Order of balancing chemicals and other questions

    Great thanks it doesn’t sound so hard? I got the bleach added Ill move to CYA next here the thing I have a little liquid conditioner but not as much as pool math is recommending. I will add it first so I use it up. How long should I wait to test CYA again before adding the remaining in dry...
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    New pool owner! Order of balancing chemicals and other questions

    New pool owner, Intex Ultra 18x48, here in Central TX and we’ve had it up with water for about 2 weeks. It has stayed nice and clear but I’m wondering where to start with balancing out these numbers? We have an SWG/sandfilter and upon reading through a lot of the info here on TFP I’m realizing...