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Hi all, I have a pool that I've been running on TFP and it's been working great! I'm wanting to put in a SWCG, but I need to get past my wife's fears of it messing things up. Here are the major concerns: I live in Texas. I understand certain Texas rocks can become fragile due to the salt...

So I have my pool in a relatively narrow area that's close to the house. It continuously sprays out and is soaking the house and doors that lead into the primary bedroom. I didn't care all that much before, but we're in the process of completing a major renovation. I would REALLY like to keep...

Hi all, With the help I found here, I've had a pretty stress free pool experience after getting settled in. After reading up on the advantages, and having a relatively large overflow from my spa, I wanted to add borates to my pool. Pool Math suggested 26 lbs of boric acid to get to 50 parts...

I'm seeing some efflorescence in a few specific spots on our spa walls. I have let it build up and then clean it off about everything 6 months as it builds up with diluted muriatic acid for about 15-20 seconds at a time, then rinsing, then gently chipping it off with a screwdriver. The last...

Is the CYA test 15ml of pool water to 15ml of reagent? I can't seem to find the instructions for this anywhere! Thanks!

I could use a little help understanding what's happening here. It seems like when I add more than about 1.5ppm of LC, I end up with a large spike in PH. Yesterday I was at about a 7.6/7.7. I had been steadily rising from the 7.5 I had it at. I added 4 parts of LC because I was at 3 (very...

I'm getting some pretty substantial FC burnoff as summer heats up here in Texas (like 4.5 parts per day). I show CYA at 40. Does it make sense to bump it up to 50 to help manage this?

Please don't shoot me for what I'm about to ask, but I'm always interested in finding something to test my results against. The Leslie's down the road from us has "upgraded"(?) their tester to an electronic test. The results against mine have been very close but for CH. CH they had 480 and I...

Some of you have suggested some automation help to stop running the spillway so much. I went ahead and did that, and noticed that I'm still getting scaling at the waterline of my wall. I think I had some bad reagents in my test kit because I got new ones and my CH shot up about 125 points. I...

I've had my pool running about about 6ish months now and, I'm trying to figure out how I got this calcium buildup on my spillway. It was ALL over this wall and took my wife and I something like four hours with (very gently) a screwdriver and muriatic acid to break all of this off. It seems...

I'm relatively new to this pool thing (about three months), and maybe this is a stupid question, but I'm trying to understand the margins for error. I'm testing my pool daily with the quick color test and noticed yesterday my FC was about 5 after a full day of swimming (i tested on the back...

All, Thanks for the excellent advice on my previous post and the advice to not trust Leslie's! After getting my TF test and getting comfortable with it (testing daily to get a baseline), here is where I'm at: FC 3 PH 7.5 TA 80 CH 300 CYA 40 I recently several nights ago dropped by PH down...

So my pool builder gave me a "pool school" but it was so light I'm struggling here. His advice was to test regularly and change the inline chlorinator as needed to manage my chlorine. I took the water to Leslie's and got the results below. The pool itself is beautiful and clear and looks like...