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    New Water with No CYA - Chlorine Tabs

    I think I'm going to try just using my Rainbow and the pail of two year old chlorine pucks instead of adding stabilizer until I get my stabilizer to 30 or I run out of tabs. Has anyone ever tried that? TA was 250 two days ago but I have added 3 gallons of muratic acid and been aerating so I'm...
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    Unexpected Very High Salt/TDS Reading

    I had a 0 reading on my CYA upon opening my pool and wanted to confirm with a pool store test to make sure that was correct in case my reagent was bad. My readings upon opening 4/26/11 and before adding any chemicals were: FC 6.5, CC 0, PH 7.4, TA 80, CH 250, CYA < 30 The pool guy that opened...
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    What Advice Do You Have for My Neighbor?

    My test results today: Alkalinity 350 Calcium 175 PH 7.4 TC 3.5 CC between .5 and 1 CYA 150 66 degrees Trichlor stick user (I told them about bleach/liquid chlorine today for the first time) They backwash 1-3 times a week 18000 gallon vinyl My neighbor is fighting red and black algea according...
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    Thanks for the Info

    We put in our 16x32 vinyl liner pool last August/September, so this is our first full season. I'm using a Taylor K-2006 kit. After fighting through my pool being cloudy most of the time the first three weeks it was open, it has now been clear for over a week. I brought my TA down from 200 to...
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    When is FC too high to go in the pool?

    We just had our pool built last fall and used it for just two months. The builder opened it for us a week ago and shocked it. The FC is 14ppm and CC 0. My kids have been bugging me to go in even though it has been pretty cool here in Indianapolis. I have searched the internet and this forum but...