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    Slamming for the first time

    They are swimming now. They haven’t been because I was determined to get algae under control and kept it at Slam level almost all day. I’ve been trying to let it drop off today so they could win but it was just staying high. Finally dropped to a level under slam. I have never had any luck with...
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    Slamming for the first time

    Hey guys, I am a firm believer in what works keep it going. We have had some filter issues and it was down about a week. I continued to add bleach to try and keep levels up and it was ok so I thought. Long story short got the filter up and going and upped FC to between normal and slam level and...
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    What do I fix first.

    Thank you. I have plenty of liquid chlorine. What should I do about the alkalinity being so high?
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    What do I fix first.

    The water is mostly clear, I wouldn’t say crystal clear like is has been. My kids have been swimming like crazy. You can definitely see the bottom and little things on the bottom. I did an overnight chlorine test the other night and it was good. No real change.
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    What do I fix first.

    I’m still a little new to this system. I did a full water test today and these are my numbers. FC 1.5 CC 0 PH 7.2 TA 110 CH 100 CYA 40 I have AG vinyl with a sand pump. Please help me know what order I need to address my levels. Thanks guys.
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    Dust storm prevention

    Ok y’all, 2020 has been a year!!! Now they are saying the dust storm will be impacting us Saturday into Sunday. I don’t have the best filtration system due to everything being back ordered. So I’m dealing and using the simple pump/filter (if you even call it that) that came with the intex pool...
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    A new journey

    I haven’t added anything yet. I have spent way too much money in the past listening to the pool store, and never getting results, that’s what lead me here. I have a two part test kit that test chlorine, ph, and bromide. Pool is about 7600 gal Filled it up yesterday Water is clear Where do you...
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    A new journey

    Hello all, we are just starting our pool journey. We have an 18’x4’. I’m going to be adding a sand filter soon, but for now we just needed to get it set up. I have a tester kit, and took a sample to the pool store today to compare and make sure I was reading it right. (Yay I was!!). Of course...