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Update August 22,2021 For three months I have been using 2 gal liquid chlorine 12.5% . Morning and evening doses. I checked daily chlorine levels using FAS-DPD . Every morning there was very little chlorine left. I stopped monitoring and just used tge 2 gal a day regimen. Recently I started...

My wife vacuumed the remaining Diatom powder from the floor ( I had same problem with a plumbing line that fed back to the pool before going through the filter.) after I had loaded our cartridge filter with diatom powder using the method I described (I plumed a new return line I can feed...

Miller Float Valve TM 825, Livestock water trough float 84369008259 | eBay These work great for filling water for cows. I would remove the metal and make a SS or plastic connector perhaps mount to the ladder at the surface level you wish to maintain.

To set up a temporary skimmer to filter back to skimmer loop. Make a fitting for one of the output lines on the pool to fit your normal vacuum tube you use when vacuuming the pool and run that tube to a single skimmer. Shut off all other inputs and outputs except that skimmer and output port...

To solve the bubble but not solve the original reason for the bubble you can use a small tube perhaps 1/8 inch stainless steel bent to a U shape where one end is positioned at the very top of the bubble touching the clear cover and going into the pipe that exits the basket. The suction from the...

Over the last 30 years as a pool owner I have had my ups and downs. Sometimes getting an algae flareup without being able to see the bottom of the sallow end much less the deep end. I at one time was breeding African cichlids and using a Diatom Filter to quickly clear murky tank water. The Box...

I’m understanding that high CYA means your free chlorine has to be higher according to the chart. Is it the CYA binds with the chlorine but the free chlorine test still shows it as free chlorine but the bound chlorine is not active ? So that if I have 150 CYA and I need over 10ppm chlorine it’s...

Taylor K2006C test kit I have a parastaltic pump I plan to use with liquid 12.5% chlorine. I understand I will also need to control ph with muriatic Acid. Since I need about 150 gal water a day for evaporation the softened water should not add to the ph or calcium. I guess I should also get a...

CYA level ok by pool store

Just FYI we open in March and close in November. This year we maintained 90 degrees water temp using a heat exchanger so high temps for three months with 150 CYA I guess did not help.

Hi, 63 years old and still learning. I have a 20x40 pool inside a greenhouse . The greenhouse is full acrylic double wall 17 foot peak 108 x 39 feet. I use to grow flower baskets on a computerized cable system above the pool but Walmart put us out of business. anyway, every year after a few...