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    Farm chemical drift?

    Good afternoon, First I want to say that my pool water is crystal clear thanks to the advice I've received on this forum for the past three pool seasons and my ability to test my own water and use the pool calculator to adjust. Thanks!!! My poor neighbor however needs some help. Last year...
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    Balancing questions

    Hello everyone, I have some questions about my water chemistry. Ordinarily I use bleach to sanitize my water; however, when school started back, I bought a bucket of tablets due to long late hours in my classroom. The water stayed clear, and I confess that I stopped testing it. We weren't...
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    Calcium hardness

    Hello Friends, My CH reading is 0 and I have an above ground vinyl liner pool. Seems like I remember reading that CH is most important in concrete pools where leaching will occur if the CH level is too low or with cloudiness if the CH level is too high. Do I need to worry about getting my CH...
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    Skimmer and main drain?

    Hello again, This year's reopen has been soooo much better thanks to everything I learned last year on this forum. THANK YOU again! My simple question: When the valve is open for the pump and filter to get water from the skimmer, is the valve for the pump and filter to get water from the main...
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    Half full

    Good morning friends, The guys from the pool store came yesterday and opened my pool. They began to pump water off the cover while they were putting down some sand and rock for erosion control. About four hours later they were still pumping water from the pool cover. When they finally got the...
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    I think the problem is algae

    Cheryl's posts merged for continuity. Lets keep all the cleanup posts in this topic. Good morning, HELP! I hope no one else is as frustrated and disheartened as I am right now. My 30 ft. AG got in pretty bad shape late last fall (murky green and neglected), and the folks at the pool store...