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I'm having a sporadic issue with my pump and pulling water. Most days my pump will start and it will pull water into the pump and get my full system going, but some days I have to go out and bleed air out of the filter to get it to pull water. Once it's running it seems fine with no air in the...

I have the Taylor K2005 kit and my FC tester has readings for 1, 2, 3, 5, 7.5, 10. With a CYA of 40, I believe my acceptable range for FC is 3-7. Given that my tester is missing 4, 6, and 7 as a reading, could I be in trouble down the road? I have the FAS-DPD test that I can get into the .2...

I’ve got everything in balance to ideal levels FC 3 PH 7.6 CYA 40 I see the max as 90 and ideal as 60-80. Should I worry about bringing that down? I'm not sure if Muriatic Acid can go bad, but I've already done the suggested amounts twice and saw minimal adjustments to the TA. Just curious if...

I just opened up my pool and I'm trying to do it myself for the first time. I got the cover off, plugs pulled out for the returns and skimmers, opened up all the pipes, but now when I try running my pump, I've got pressure. Water is sitting in the bottom of the pump, but it's not filling up that...

I'm here in Illinois and plan to open my pool up in about 5-6 weeks. I have the pool company coming to open the pool, but my guess is that I should tell them to skip the opening chemicals and just get a water test done to start my SLAM. I have a pool heater, but would it be best to SLAM the pool...

Hey everyone, I've been lurking here for the last week or as I finally about got my pool back to where I think it needs to be. I've been really intrigued by the SLAM method and I think I've probably had more algae issues than I realized based upon what my tests were actually showing me. I guess...