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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...

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...

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...

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...

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?

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.

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?

My water is clear. My cc is 0. But I failed the olct test. I went down 1.5 FC. 14 to 12.5 On a normal shock how many days does it take? Today is my day to do my weekly pool test. Should I do them or wait till shock is complete. I test cya, TA, Borates, once a week.

My filter is to small. All the dirt around the pool keeps getting in the pool. By the time i get 1/2 way around the pool the filter stops sucking. Ehen the electric for the pool was installed the electrian found major errors in our home from a remodel we did last year. So a 1,500 install has...

If I vacuum I will need to replace the water that is removed during the vacuum process. Since we just put the pool in we have alot of dirt that goes into the pool daily. We have not decided what to put around the pool yet. So it is a muddy mess around the pool.

I backwashed on sunday. I put 16 oz of stabilizer in a sock in my skimmer sunday night. Today My filter pressure is up 4psi. Is this because of the stabilizer or per the question the other day is my filter to small. Since the filter has small leaks a drip every sec from every pipe. Could...

I can't keep my pool clean. I am vaccuming once a day, skimming the water 2-3 times a day. Now I realize part of the problem is we have a dirty messy yard due to the pool install and the electrical work. we are rinsing feet before we get in. But the water has so much junk floating in it and I...

I followed the directions for adding borates. I did 1/2 so far 24lbs and added 24lbs of borax and 189 oz of muriatic acid. But the test stips the pools store sold me do not test for borates just bromine. Is the pool safe to swim in today since I can't test for them? I am getting ready to...

In the Ta test it says to do the drops untill waterturns red. Does that mean the first time a drop turns red or when all the water turns red? If it one drop My TA is 40 but if is all the water my TA is 70. I'm confused.

I shocked the pool with 1 gallon of liquid chlorine today. After 3 hours no chlorine was registering in the test stick. I took my water and had it retested. She said the shock is supposed to disapear after it kills things and add two pucks to the skimmer basket. it has been 6 hours and still...