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Definitely interested in getting off of an approach to chlorinating that has so much conditioner in it - especially now that I'm testing regularly. Is the alternative to just use pure liquid chlorine?

Hi everyone - I recently opened up my pool again after draining about 3/4 of the way to do high CYA buildup (was at 140 - now down, but will probably need to drain again at the close of this season to bring it down more). Most of my levels are reading about where I want them (except for CYA as...

As an update, I'm working on getting all those readings to post up here, but at the moment, I'm firefighting all of the live oak pollen that is keeping me in a constant state of cleaning and still turning my water brown. It's looking like I'm going to need to do a partial water replacement...

Hi everyone - As I'm coming up to speed on testing and balancing my pool water, I took a sample into the local pool store to have them test. I was thinking that my core problem was a high chlorine PPM, but while it was higher than I would like, the thing that jumped out the most was my CyA @...

Hi everyone. We purchased a house with an in-ground pool last summer in the Austin, TX area. I've had a guy maintaining it for me, but he's planning to retire soon, and since I work at home anyway, maintaining the pool seemed like a good skill to develop. Thanks in advance for all the guidance I...