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    Help! Going out of town

    Thank you The only thing I did not see in that link is do I leave to pump running.I don"t have a timer.
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    Help! Going out of town

    I will be going out of town for 5 days and I don't have anyone to care for pool. I have a 15x42 intex pool.What is the best way to leave it while I am gone so I don't have a mess when I get back.
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    Test level help?

    Thank you.I just added 1 gallon 1/2 of bleach. So don't add anything for the TA? I just can't get the cloudiness out.I cant even see the bottom.I left the pump off all night and it is still the same.
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    Test level help?

    I have a intex poll 15 x 42 My test results are TC .5 TA 400 PH 7.5 cya 40 TH can't get water turns blue with the first 5 drops so I dont have to add the second drops and count.
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    Test level help?

    One more thing when I use my home test to get the hardness level the water turns blue when I put the first 5 drops.I dont even have to add the other drops and multiply by 10.
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    Test level help?

    I have been trying to clear up a milky looking pool for days now. I have been using the HTH 6 way test kit.My pool wont keep a chlorine level. I went a bought the HTH test kit and getting a level of TA at 260.I was adding the stuff I was told to add to bring the level down.It was not working I...
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    Please Help?? Pool problem

    OK I was using the HTH 6 way test kit from wal mart.I quess these test kits are not good.They give false readings. I decided to take a pool sample to the pool store and they could not belive the readings I was getting from this test kit. Here are the readings I got. TC--0 PH--7.2 TA--270...
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    Please Help?? Pool problem

    Added 2 gallons of bleach yesterday along with the muriatic acid. Here are the readings today. TC--0 PH--7.2 TA--270 TH--400 CYA-30 FC--0 I just added more muriatic acid and I am going to add another gallon of bleach in about 30 min. Anything else I can do?
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    Please Help?? Pool problem

    Ok I just added 3 cups of the acid. I was wrong eariler about the chlorine test. I am getting a 0 FC reading on the strips and in the test kit I am getting a 1 for TC. I have added alot of chlorine so I dont know why I am getting this reading but we will fix it lol. Now when can I add the bleach...
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    Please Help?? Pool problem

    Ok I went and bought the muriatic acid and then read the pool school on lowering TA.I have some questions.It says that adding this will lower my PH well my PH is good.It is at 7.2.So why would I want to lower that? If I still add this even though my PH is good then how much do I add.I used the...
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    Please Help?? Pool problem

    Thank you so much. I will try that.
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    Please Help?? Pool problem

    I have a Intex pool that is 15 x 42". The pool water is very cloudy like milk.It was clear then we had a little rain.After the rain my pool turned really milky looking.When I took a water test with the test strips I was getting a 0 for free chlorine so I added 2 bags if shock,half bottle of...