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Lowering pH to 7 and aerating is the best way to bring Alkalinity down. Typically I leave it alone and let pH rise. When it hits around 7.8 I bring it down to 7.2 and repeat.

Thank you for insight. This makes me ask another question on TA range of 50-90. What is the rationale for this range ?

Fill water TA is 200+. It. Is taking me whole season to bring it down

Thanks for explaining. So basically when alkalinity hits around 80 we should stop seeing pH increase?

Hello Troublefree experts. I was wondering if there has been an effort to calculate change in pH from salt cell using the calculator. I believe this can be calculated using inverse of adding HCl to pool. This is what I am thinking. For every Cl molecule create one H leaves the pool as hydrogen...

Thank you. I will try to run around 8-10 and see if that causes any issues

Hi All, I am a second year pool owner and I am looking to get some insight on what FC Levels I run in our pool. I have a CYA at 50 and I have a noticed over last 2 years and when FC < 10, more around 6-8 range we start getting a white haze and eventually cloudy pool. I have done SLAM multiples...

Yes leslies for metals. Tried vitamin C tabs. No change in color

I will try vitamin c table today. I had it tested at leslies and it shows 0 iron and 0.2 cu. Not sure if this changes suggestions

Hi All, I returned from vacation after 2 weeks to learn that there is yellow stain around pool water edge and shallow end. The most noticeable is on two steps which exit pool and have 2 inches of water. Before I left on vacation i raised the chlorine to slam level and left swg at 13 % enough to...

Thank you all. I have tried to look for looks in past but not sure where it is coming from. I hear water gurgling through filter. Not sure if multi port valve is defective. I will try to check again and report

Hello TFP Community We have a vsp pump and currently it set to run at 3 speeds Lo (1500 rpm) 9am - 12am Med (2000 rpm): 12 am - 5 am Hi (2500 rpm): 5am - 9 am Heater only kicks off at high which gives us enough time to maintain temperature. I do see here peopoe run pump for 6-8 hrs...

Thank you for comments. We have to keep it covered as we don’t have fence. Also it rains a lot here in Indiana at least one thunderstorm a week is given. I will raise it to 50-60 and than monitor the loss and adjust swg accordingly. The reason i asked is for is there was any other function of...

Hello TFP community, I looking for recommendations for CYA for our pool. Currently it is at 40 and undegoing SLAM. It likely should end by tomm as water is clear, OCLT pass, CC very close to 0.5 more like 0.6. Need some sunlight as it has been cloudy for last several days. I know the...

Thanks so much. Hope it is. I will try clarifier treatment. That will help to isolate issue. I know this forum does not recommend but not sure if there are other options

There is birch tree in front not in back. Since we are Indiana i am sure there are more cedar trees. However pool stays covered mostly

Here I come back again. I am noticing slight cloudiness again in water. I tested it: FC 9 CC 0 PH 7.6 I am not sure what is going on here. I have added some clarifier to see it help remove some finer particles. After last slam i did not add anything to pool filter. I wont be surprised tomorrow...

SLAM Complete Again Passed OCLT Water crystal clear CC <0.5

I guess cloudiness is back. I was think it is filter performance but it is likely something else

Cloudy water is back again. I was thinking there was some slight cloudiness for last few days and my wife kept telling me you are seeing things. Today it is cloudy with FC dropping from 6 to 3. I slammed pool again but need advice from this group what to do. I bet by tomorrow morning water will...

Water is clear but not sparkling clear

I have a 27" Hayward sand filter and it performance has been k. Our water is clear but I still some particles which become evident at night in pool light. Few weeks back I used Cellulose Fiber and had seen water clarity increase but eventually I saw cellulose fiber making in pool 3-4 days after...

I had a similar issue with cellulose fiber. It does go through sand filter in few days and causes cloudiness. I collected in simmer sock and I am quite confident this is cellulose fiber. It likely breaks down into single hairs and come out of filter eventually. I slammed the pool twice thinking...

Good Morning Everyone, Pool is still looking good. However I will still like to get to bottom of what happened. Any comments?

I think I might have found issue. Before getting on this blog I was going to Leslies. They gave me all the Crud they can. Told me to add cellulose fiber and perfect weekly. I found about cellulose fiber incompatibility : Chemical Compatibility: Leslie's Cellulose Fiber is incompatible with Pool...