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    How to start up?

    The company that installed the liner also left 5 1 pound bags of shock. Will that add CYA to pool? Can I just dilute it with pool water and pour in front of return jet? Or do I need to get a different stabilizer?
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    How to start up?

    bleach (clorox or other brand)
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    How to start up?

    Using city water. Pool is still filling. Here are my current readings. TC =0 FC=0 CYA=0 ph= 7.8 TA=230 CH=260 Now in what order to I address? Thanks!!!
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    How to start up?

    We had to replace vinyl liner this year. Pool is filling as I type this. We are just using garden hose. This is only our second summer with the pool and I still feel like I am learning. Once pool is filled, where do I start first? I do have test kit and will test water but then what? Is there a...
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    HELP!

    Do I need to shock more than once a day? If so, how often? Is the alkalinity a problem? Do we need to add more CYA to the pool? In what order do we adjust levels? We used city water. Thanks for the help so far! I did retest using our TF-100 kit. FC= 3 CC= 4 CYA= 20
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    HELP!

    Major pool issues and I don't know where to start. I normally maintain pool. I went out of town for 10 days with kids and left husband in charge. Pool looked great prior to leaving. CYA level was over 100 and my husband's job while we were gone was to partially drain pool to bring level down...
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    Newbie with a couple of questions.

    First time pool owner. Using my new test kit! We have recently switched from using granular chlorine and pucks in the feeder to liquid bleach. Here are my readings from today. I know my FC level is low. I plugged values into calculator and will adjust chlorine as advised. I am wondering how...
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    Sphagnum moss?

    Thanks for the feedback. I was just curious after I saw a local newscast spotlighting their product.
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    Sphagnum moss?

    Anybody have any opinions on using sphagnum moss (specifically Pool Naturally products)?
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    Nebie question

    I am new to this forum and am so grateful to have found it. We bought a house this past October. We have never owned a pool before. My questions is this. If we have been using granular chlorine and tablets, is it okay to start the BBB method or will I screw up our pool? We have a 20 x40 in...