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    TA & PH Question

    Getting pool from "Swamp to Oasis". Going well...nice very cloudy light aqua color now. :mrgreen: I have a question about a couple of my levels. I started PH a little low (7.2) because it may go up. After 2 days, it has dropped to 7.0. :( Have no Borate tester, so I'm in the dark on that...
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    Boatmen bugs in my pool!!

    Yeah...it's me again. Now that my pool is slowly beginning to clear up using the "Swamp to Oasis" method, there are now backswimmer bugs EVERYWHERE!!! What do I do? They get away from my net and...OMG...there are dozens of them! I've had a few here and there the past 2 summers, but this is just...
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    Stabilizer Q

    I had put my stabilizer in a sock to hang in front of the intake (trying to get "swamp to oasis"), and it fell off into the green swamp. Can''t find it cause I can't see! Will the stabilizer hurt my vinyl lining?
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    Swampy Chem Q

    Once again, I am Miss Confusion. After studying the "Swamp to Oasis" article for the millionth time, I'm still a little baffled. I get that the PH should be leveled first, and FC should be at "shock" or "algae shock" levels. And if CYA is below 20ppm, I should add 20ppm. What about the other...
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    Pump Run Time

    Will it hurt anything to run the pump 24/7? We have always run ours that way. I live in the south and it gets HOT AND HUMID HERE! And we tend to have algae probs as well.
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    Vacuuming

    In the article "Turning Your Green Swamp Back Into a Sparkling Oasis", you do not mention any vacuuming. I am assuming if it is vacuumed it will disturb the water balance due to adding new water? Sooooo, am I not supposed to vac it until the water is totally clean, clear, and balanced? And my...