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Im using strips and going to the pool store several times a day. Unfortunately my husband thinks the strios are fine. Yes i am slamming correctly just dont have right test kit. Both pool stores near me only sell strips. The advise from pool store was to start using non chorine shock that...

I have been slamming my pool for a week. There is a thick slime on the bottom and now on the top of the water. I cant seem to get a hsndle on the situation. I have a 15x30 oval above ground Total chorine is 20 free chlorine is 0 Cya is at 10 I had great sucess 2 years ago this year is a...

I have sprung a leak. I can't see it but I can see water flowing from edge of pool. My chlorine level is 12.5. Will it hurt me to get in to try and find it. I lost about 2-3 inches since 9 am.

The pool guys had me put in something called zeote sand instead of regular sand. It is supposed to clean it faster and better. Since it is not faster, I'd doubting the better....Should I go ahead and still add some DE? I have to add more De back in every time I backwash right? Thanks for all...

I'm idiot I have test names wrong. All I'm doing is FC and CC. Fc is kept at 10 or higher CC is 0 past 3 test have been 0, .5, 1 In past 3 days highest was 1

The over night test may be off. I work 5 pm till 2 am. So I'm testing about 4:30 pm then at about 2 am. Then again at 11am. Best I can do with my schedule. Fc has been either 0,.5, or 1 for past 3 days. I don't have kids do Fc at 9pm, just Tc level.

My water is still cloudy, but I can see the bottom of pool now. There are still some things on pool floor ( Big Rocks need to be able to get in pool to get out) as well as liner seems to be stained brown in spots from sitting 2 years. Do I need to keep running filter 24 Hours still? TC is...

TC 16.5 FC .5 TA 130 cya 20 CH 300 PH 7.2 Just got my TF100 Today. I have next dose of Cya in sock in skimmer Basket. My water is very cloudy. I'm on day 15 of shocking. I am starting to be able to see 2 bleach bottles in bottom of pool I filled with sand to hold ladder down. Should I...

Fc 10 Alk 120 ph 7.5 Cya 15 This pool is becoming a pain in the rear. I am on day 10 of shocking pool. I am no longer swamp green but a deep cloudy blue. My problem is my FC never seems to come down. So I don't think I am adding enough bleach during the day. I was using the test kit from...

Got a pool two years ago. Pump died end of first season. We did not open the pool last year. Over the summer we ended up with a frog infestation in the pool. I just ordered a new pump and filter and plan to reopen the pool once it arrives. What is the best method for me to use? Dump the...

I shocked my pool 3 weeks back, but I did not finish, so everynight I take my water take it up to shock level. Slow and steady shock so we could have use of the pool. Stupid I know but hubby thinks BBB is crazy and stupid so I have to work around him. Since we are having some cold days I...

The bottles I have say 6%. Could they be higher than the bottle says?

I can post a pic of pool later today. my cya is 40. I use, 6% bleach. Clorox, Family Dollar, etc, what ever is cheaper. Pool calculator is always set for 6%.

Yes the pool is round on the egde. The wall are 54 inches. so best guess it 4 ft. 15x30 oval abg pool 54 in walls.

How do I make the water in my pool match up to the pool calculator? Meaning I should have a 10500 gal pool. but when I add the bleach it never goes to were I was trying to get it. Let's say I want to go from 4fc to 7 fc. I end up more like 11 every time. Right now I play bleach dice. See...

I have the tf100. I struggle to read to ph colors. Is there a drop base like the fc test. Where I count the drops?

Last night I back washed the filter. And of course I forgot to rinse it. All that muck went straigt into the pool. So after promising the kids and hubby last week was the only time I would have to shock the pool this summer, I am back to square one. I raised the Fc last night to 15 hoping...

Here is the second half. I tired to show where the filter nd hoses are leaking. As well as where the skimmer is getting stuck because of too much caulk. But I could be wrong. What do you think? Edited to add a phot of the leaky filter

Here are some of the photos to my set up.

Yes I shock last week. My stats this am are Fc 7 cc0 cya 40 Ta 90 Ch 120 PH 7.3 water is good

nothingbut trouble includes, I have to run my filter 24 hours a day to have any effect. The skimmer basket keeps getting stuck causing the filter to run dry. When this happens the filter will not pick any psi up. It will stay at 0. I t will have a slow flow with dirty water coming out. I...

We realize are filter is too small. Also the company that installed it made is so every pipe drips water. They will not fix it. Nor do we have any cut off valves. So my husband and I decided to buy a new larger filter and add some cut off valves. Who do we call for that? I do not want to...

What is happening is the filter ran dry because thes kimmer do got stuck. Now the filter will not pump water. Psi is at 0. Flow coming out of return is very low and dirty.

The flap that is on the skimmer that leads to the filter keep getting stuck closed. This causes the filter to run dry. Now my filter will not run. the psi does not go above 0. That flow is all but a trickle and dirty water is coming out. How do I fix this?

Thanks so much

I have a hard time reading strips. What do you think my Borates level is? I think 30 but I am not sure. Thanks for your help.

So true. Sad thing is I was asleep by 10pm. Oh well try again tonight.

I slept in this morning. At 9 pm my Fc was 17. At 9am it was 15. Now since I missed the early morning reading I am not sure if I passed or failed. Any Ideas?