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Yep, that seems to have done it. No duty or anything, except tax of course. Thx

I ordered a TF test kit and now Shippsy wants proof that it was manufactured in N. America. I e-mailed tftestkits.net for help, but they haven't gotten back to me. I seem to remember dealing w/this problem in the past, but I don't remember how. Shippsy says Certificate of Origin An Exporter's...

The plate is 850019 A. I found one an Amazon (which is half the 60CAD that the kid at the pool store told me it was!) but I couldn't get it until Wednesday. I'd like to do a vacuuming before that. I don't know what the skimmer is, but the plate I have suited it well.

Unfortunately, I broke my plate and have had a hard time replacing it. Maybe I should try some crazy glue. What would be a good choice? I've had a look around here, but a lot of that talk about glue is for PVC. BTW, I think crazy glue is a brand name, so when I talk about it here, I just mean...

Maybe it has something to do w/being in Canada. Not sure. The bloodwork option didn't come up right away. "220$ to start depending on the profile you want." At that point I knew all I needed to know about the procedure. Compared to what I've been hearing from everyone else, she was talking...

Actually, it's 888-426-4435. I was just talking to them and half a dozen other vet offices. Unfortunately, I don't think I spoke to any vets, just receptionists (I'm told I can call 2 vets back this afternoon). The tone was one of mild discomfort, but it seems that my own vet (the one I spoke to...

That's ok, the SWG isn't going to produce any since I unplugged it. Originally, my idea was to try to get by on chlorine pucks for the remainder of the season. I'm talking about How likely are pets (cats) to suffer salt poisoning?. The conversation about how little SLAMming I'm doing and how...

My cat's been drinking from the pool. I think she's doing it because the salinity is low right now (1400ppm). I just had an ominous conversation w/the vet about the danger of salt poisoning. She wouldn't commit to a safe level, so I'm having to play it safe by cutting it short. Tomorrow I'm...

Well I can tell you my pool's salinity now: 1400ppm (which is puzzling, because that's what it was before I did all those backwashes). I had rather an ominous conversation w/the vet about salt poisoning, so I thought I'd look into the concentration. It looks like I've got an even bigger problem...

And I apologize if I seemed angry. I was told something I know not to be true and I guess I'm not very good at contradicting that w/out coming off as bellicose. Also, my mindset when starting this thread was to try to understand this one hypothesis: pets tracking algae from wherever they might...

Ok, well as of this morning, my stuff should be: FC: 17.0 CC: 2.0 CYA: 40 CA: 300 I didn't test the salt today, but the last time I did, it was 1400ppm so w/the backwashes and wastes, it'll be less than that. I do run the pump overnight, actually, and the good news is that even though my CC is...

Ok, I've updated the tests. I didn't do CYA, because, as I understand it, CYA doesn't leave your pool unless you eject it and I haven't done that since last testing it. I also didn't bother testing pH, since I'm told there's no point during SLAM. I guess it's the same w/TA because the solution...

I restarted the SLAM yesterday and blushed up some of the dirt that was probably tracked there by my cat. This morning I eyeballed a sharp reduction in FC, so gaslighting notwithstanding, it looks like there's something to cat hypothesis. I guess I've added one more procedure to my protocol.

I've been SLAMming for months now (as well as brushing up algae colonies when I see them). I've been spending the last 2/3 of that time looking for other explanations, like the pollen with which they say the local atmosphere is enriched this season, neighbours and kids in the park out back...

My latest hypothesis on the neverending battle against algae this season is that my cat is tracking it in. I've found some muddy paw prints at the lip around the stairs, and I've seen her face in the pool drinking from it. This makes me wonder if the algae is using her to get into my pool. But I...

Yesterday I decided that I finally got my algae problem licked so I don't need to keep dumping tons of chlorine in my pool several times a day. Until now, I haven't been running the SWG, as per recommendations. But is there any point in doing now? I only have 3 20kg bags of salt, so I'd probably...

I haven't seen any algae in a week and I did the OCLT today which showed a 1.0ppm drop of FC and no more than 0.5ppm of CC, so it looks like I'm finally past all this. What's interesting about this turn of events is that it happened just as my frustration w/the algae was turning into complacency...

Lowry and Associates have ghosted me. I just ran out. In some ways it's a relief, because now I have an excuse to give up on this months-long fool's errand of controlling algae. But I should try to get more. Any idea where?

The previous owner left me 2 types of filters for the krauly: one set that looks like ultra-fine mesh and the other the same kind of corrugated fabric you find in cartridge filters. Even w/out the filters, after 5 minutes of krauling, the base complains that my filters need cleaned/replaced. But...

I'll try to answer all this as best I can. I did an OCLT several weeks ago which failed. I haven't done any since, knowing what I'll get with all this algae forming. With little cropping and no resizing, I've taken a bunch of pictures of my pool. Yes, you can see the kreepy krawley. I took the...

Even though my water looks perfect, I keep getting algae on the bottom of my pool every morning. The latest lead I'm following is that this is a regional problem, because I've been hearing through the grapevine that a lot of my neighbours (i.e. folk 100s of mi away) are having algae problems...

They don't seem to have the exact thing I'm looking for. The stuff in their catalogue just lists packs. I e-mailed them but they haven't gotten back to me. Can anyone suggest a backup?