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    "Earthy water smell"

    These are the stains on our liner (which is about six years old). Most of the liner has faded away... but it has a lot of these whitish gray colored stains throughout the pool (sides and floor). We want to get the liner replaced but would like to know what's going on. The stains began to appear...
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    "Earthy water smell"

    Thank you! I will bump up the FC to 8 or 9. Again, this site has been great! You people really know what your talking about, I love not going to the pool store each week and just handing over money and be back again in a few days with the same problems!!!! Keep up the good work!
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    "Earthy water smell"

    Thanks for your response. We were gone for three days. When we left the FC was at 8. When we got back it had dropped to 1.5. When we opened the pool (May 28) we slammed the pool for five days when all three criteria were finally met. Been checking the pool FC three times a day, it will be at 7...
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    "Earthy water smell"

    Our pool for the past year has a earthy "compost smell" coming from the water when you are in the pool swimming. You cannot smell anything when there is no water movement (Splashing and or swimming in pool). I just took a water sample this morning and you cannot smell anything in the sample...
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    Need some expert help!

    Thanks again, I will drain half and then re fill. Is the water safe enough to swim in? Before I drain?
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    Need some expert help!

    Jason, thanks for your quick reply! I did do the CYA test but forgot to post! My results of the CYA test never made it up to the 100 graduation mark! It actually was about 1/8" below the 100 mark!!! I had a suspension I would need to change out the water after reading a few posts on TFP! The...
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    Need some expert help!

    Fed up with local pool companies and buying unnecessary chemicals. Last week pool began to get cloudy than turned light green (could barely see bottom drain at the deep end). According to the pool companies pool report (from Sunday July 23, 2018) my free chlorine was at 8.61ppm, total chlorine...