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I was looking on Amazon for a cheap test kit (to test my well water pH, not my pool [but, that's a whole other story]) and I noticed a banner advertising Clorox pool chemicals. I expected to just see relabeled bleach, but no, they went all the way. They have solid chlorine, algaecide...

And even in the most extreme cases, it doesn't do nearly what I thought it would. People often ask if rain will affect their pool's chemical levels, and the answer is always "no." Well, that is not always true. The past 2 days, I got 8.43" (according to my manual rain gauge) or 9.62" (according...

I was looking for CYA on Leslie's website to compare prices with the other local stores (they are EXPENSIVE) and I came across this so-called pH Lock. I can't see what chemicals are in it, so I don't know what it is. Has anyone heard of this before? I'm not going to use it, just wondering if...

Today was finally the day, it was time to open the pool. It's a little cloudy, but nothing some bleach won't take care of. First test results were pretty good: FC:0 CC:0 pH:7.4 (Surprised it was so high) TA:60 CH:20 CYA:20 Stated the SLAM with 4 bottles of 8.25% from Aldi, got FC up to 13. I'll...

Normally I use the calculator hosted here on TroubleFreePool.com, but I decided to check out PoolCalculator.com for the heck of it. Someone made a major overhaul to the calculator. Has anyone seen the updated website? Sorry if this has been posted before, I did a quick search and didn't find...

Does anyone on here live near a BJ's Wholesale Club? They're building one about 700 feet away from me, and I'm wondering if it would be worth going to when it opens. They are saying they want to open by Super Bowl Sunday, so I won't get to check out bleach prices this summer. Does anyone have...

I've been "busy" lately, and haven't checked in on the forum as often as I would like. I noticed that the one of the sub forums was changed to The TFPC Method (or something similar). Is that the new name for BBB? I must have missed the post where that was decided. Anyway, if that is the new...

NOTE: IF YOU ARE A NEW POOL OWNER, DON'T DO ANYTHING I DID. YOU WON'T BE AS LUCKY AS I WAS. Ok, over 800 posts here, but I am still a bad pool owner. The weather lately hasn't gotten above about 80, so I hadn't been taking care of the pool, like I should. According to my records, my last test...

As I said in the thread I posted about hard plumbing my pool, I thought I had a leak. I was having to add about an inch of water a day. It was suggested I do the bucket test, even though an inch of water a day, with a solar cover on most of the day seems, to say the least, excessive. Well, I did...

So this is my 600th post, and I decided to make it something special. I will show you my hard plumbing on my pool. My dad gets all of the credit for this, because it was his idea and he did all of the work. Enjoy. One question for you, I think I may have a leak. Does a 1" water loss in 24 hours...

I'm hoping you can help me get a better idea of my true pH. I've always known it is very bad as far as pH goes, but I would like to figure just how low it is. I started with the pH test from the K-2006. The pH was a pale yellow color. It took about 17 drops of base demand to get to 7.0. Next I...

So a few weeks ago, I got my first truck. It's a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 with a 4.7L V8. Quad cab, long bed. 4x4. It's amazing how hard it was to find a truck that had everything I wanted. So the question is: How many bottles of bleach can fit in the truck? Bed and cab included.

Just wondering what the second most common filter type is. I already know sand is number one, any guesses to number 2? Mine: I have a cartridge filter and wouldn't trade it for anything. It's not as difficult to clean as people make it out to be, and I really love the limited water loss. I am on...

Well, the pool is still covered and closed, but I decided to test my water. FC - 4 (pretty good, since I didn't add bleach all winter) CC - 0 pH - 7.4 TA - 50 CH - 30 (vinyl, so I don't care) CYA - ?30 I should mention that during the winter, I pump off the cover into the pool. I know rain...

Just got Wanda the Whale for a great price on eBay, on its way currently. I have read good reviews about it, but one thing that they mention is it doesn't work good with a wrinkled liner. Just how wrinkled are we talking here? I guess I could just watch it, and if it gets stuck move it. I have...

I don't think my pool has ever been this sparkly. And now I do like a sparkly pool. Maybe I should put some water in there now. :lol: Trust me, the coin is clearer in person. :party:[attachment=2:1s2r8ksf]DSCN0009.JPG[/attachment:1s2r8ksf]...

Just opened the pool the other day, and while trying to get it nice and sparkly discovered this site. I will probably have questions to post later on, but right now just decided to sign up and introduce myself. Look forward to asking all of my pool questions here. Right now I am working on...