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  1. Kalico

    How to recover from flooding?

    In the recent California storms, we ended up with our entire pool and most of the equipment under flood waters. All that was visible was the diving board. The water that's in it now is brown. I can't see the bottom, but I can feel the mud and I can stir it up by brushing (at least in the...
  2. Kalico

    Brand new hot tub - huge chlorine smell

    We just got a new CalSpa Pacifica PPZ-732L 6 person stand-alone hot tub. :party: L O V I N G I T :party: But the spa people (I know, I know...) gave us a starter kit that uses the Frog @ease Smartchlor system. I am suspicious of it, given my wonderful experiences here with the TFP crowd...
  3. Kalico

    Bug in PoolMath?

    Not sure if this is the right place for posting a bug report, but someone can move me if needed. I've noticed that when I tell PoolMath to log the "suggested amount" of chlorine, it logs -1 gallon. I've had this happen twice in the past week or so, and had to manually correct it. I'm afraid I...
  4. Kalico

    I just became "that lady" at the pool store...

    Hi new friends. I joined up about a week ago and I've gotten TONS of help, so I guess it's about time I introduce myself. :wave: We are empty-nesters with four kids out on their own. We got bored during the pandemic and decided to look for a different house. We were mainly looking for something...
  5. Kalico

    Replacing water...confuzzled!

    Ok, I am raring to go on a water exchange to lower CYA. Like, I am set up to do it today and I really want to get started. :) But I still have a few unanswered questions. I'm having a hard time getting an answer from anyone local about the water table, but it's a hot dry area so I'm not overly...
  6. Kalico

    About to embark on a SLAM....

    Hello new friends. I am so grateful for the help already received and have been learning a lot! I posted previously that I was just getting started on a new (old) pool that came with black algae and developed green algae. I was waiting on a Taylor K-2006 test kit to arrive next weekend, and it...
  7. Kalico

    What to do until test kit arrives?

    I have been reading Pool School all day! I have a few questions on how to get by for the next week until the test kit arrives. Bought this house in Aug '20 and we were pretty sure we'd have to have the pool resurfaced. It has an aggregate or pebble surface -- at least parts of it -- but it's...