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Moved from here. Does anyone have issues with getting the m600 basket out of the bot? My basket handle gets stuck down. The handle doesn’t automatically pop up when you open the top, as it seems to be designed to do. I have to pry the handle up with a screwdriver every time. Yes, even if it’s...

FYI I think Bioguard swapped their formulas for Optimizer and Optimizer Plus. I just bought a leftover Optimizer Plus pail — the store told me it was being discontinued and Optimizer would be it going forward. I felt lucky, until I saw it was Sodium Tetraborate Pentahydrate. So Borax on...

Thanks for all the insight and recommendations. I'm now at a 24 hour/day pump run time, with the SWG set at 40%. Will monitor how this goes. Thinking more about it, I actually think I'm going to be chasing FC pretty regularly, even just given my pool design. Because I have the in-pool spa and...

I'm not.... it's scheduled to run at 75% for 12 hours (7a til 7p). Would it be better to run it 24 hours on low (50%)? The only reason I could see doing that would be having the SWG run longer, as I think my turnover would be sufficient either way.

Ok, new results. This morning, opened the cover and did another FC test: FC: 6.5 (down from 8.0 test previous night) CC: 0.5 So I clearly have something in there, and was barely getting my FC high enough previously to do anything. Now that I'm getting in the right range, it seems I'm making...

I have had my heater on, at least to some extent. We have a hot tub basically in the pool, so that’s been running a bit. But it’s been hot and sunny recently... pool went from 70-80f just naturally. I added bleach to bring FC up. Recirculated and just tested. FC is 8.0 and interestingly CC is...

CC has definitely never been above 0.5 (DPD-FAS test - CC part is either clear to begin with or takes one drop to take it to clear). But again my cover would generally be open and sunny. So I could be generating CC and the sun is burning it off. I’m kind of hearing that I haven’t killed...

Sorry, will update signature line. Thought I already did that and it’s in my profile. Definitely not an undersized SWG, as I have the Hayward T-15, and it also was plenty in the fall for about 3 months of operation. I did open with bleach and did a SLAM. The above is just maintaining FC. I...

Long time listener, first time poster. This site is amazing by the way, kudos to all of you and thanks for the wealth of information to a newbie pool owner. We installed a new gunite pool last year (water filled beginning of August) and, since then, I've been diligently testing with a TF-100...