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    Help!! Woke up to algae in pool

    I have an inground 18by 36 pool with roman ends. 30000 gallons of water. vinyl liner, cartridge filter, pool pilot swg 1 3/4 pump. No heater. I woke up today to some algae on the bottom and on the walls. My salt level was 2500 so i added 120 popunds of salt to bring it up according to the...
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    4 pound container of CYA in a sock?

    Can you put the full 4 pound container in a sock and leave it in the skimmer basket? Also what kind of sock? Can you use a tube sock?? what about panty hose?? I put about 2 pounds directly through the skimmer and noticed my filter pressure went from 14 to 16. Thanks for the advice.
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    CYA Help!!!

    I tested my cya and it is at 30. I would like to raise it to either 50 or 60. using the pool calculator it tells you for 50 add either 80 0z by weight or 83 oz by volume and for 60 either 120 oz by weight or 125 oz by volume.. I have a 30000 gallon pool. A few questions. I bought a 4 lb...
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    Hows my Numbers

    I have an inground 18 by 36 vinyl pool with 4 foot roman ends on each end. so technically 18x44 3 1/2 feet in the shallow end to 8 feet in the deep end. The pool company that installed said it holds 31000 gallons of water. I have an auto pilot SWG and a mod media cartridge filter. No heater. I...
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    Quick Calcium hardness test Question

    I was checking my pool with my test kit and when I got to the CH test, I added the water to the bottle and when directed to put the 5 drops of the I believe the forst was titrant, the water should have changed to red. It did not change to red after the 5th drop, so I put it a sixth drop and it...
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    Post Hurricane Irene numbers. Please help me balance

    So I went out to the pool and cleaned up the leaves and twigs and mulch that were in the pool and brushed down the walls and skimmed the top. I tested the numbers with my test kit. Here they are below cl 2-4 range ph about 7.3 cya 60 alk 75 ch 150 salt swg says 3200 i also went to the pool...
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    Nitrate Problem. HELP. Drain pool recommended

    18 by 36 vinyl with two roman ends so maybe 18 by 44 give or take. swg pool pilot digital 220, mod media cartridge filter. ok so over the weekend I had a problem with the pool. on july 27th, pool water was crystal clear, numbers perfect that night we had a ton of rainfall in about an hours...