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Hi, I just opened my pool this week - opened it before the water temp hit 50 to beat the algae. The water is looking clear/good and my chemicals all look good (30cya, 6 FC, 0 CC, 7.5 PH 80 TA, 30 borate) but when I first turn on my pool pump in the morning it emits a stream/cloud of dirt from...

Does anybody know why the pool calculator doesn't update the "GOAL RANGE" when changing the CYA? I changed the CYA from 25 to 80 just to see it change the GOAL RANGE but it never did. (Note: I normally keep my CYA at 40, I'm just testing the calculator) You can see at the bottom the MIN and...

I'm in process of repairing my "Aquaslide N Dive" pool slide. Eventually I'll get to resurfacing the slide itself, but right now I'm trying to replace the deck flange mounts which were plastic and cracked pretty bad - so I bought replacement aluminum ones. Of course while removing the nuts on...

I know it's been a few years, but that's a great price - where did you purchase it from? Thanks, Jamie

Update: 11 gallons of MA later and I'm at 70ppm. I added 55lbs of Boric Acid from DudaDiesel and I'm good. Had 3.13" of rain last night so the PH is actually low right now 7.2, so I had to send some water to waste and I'm aerating a bit to bring it back up. It did *seem* to make a...

Thanks! Will get it a try. Got ya. I plugged in my numbers and came back with 139oz with 0 borates and 188oz with 50ppm borates. Update on the TA. I added 4th gallon of MA before going to bed last night. This morning PH was at 7.5 and alk at 225 - dropped a whopping 25ppm. Continuing to...

It's 31.45 Interesting, I do see it in pool calculator as an option. Where do I buy that from? Looks like I'd need 57lbs of that. Yeah, it's almost like it's in some sort of TA lock or something. I'll just keep adding - I bought 3 cases of MA so I'm ready for this fight. Are you saying...

LOL - yeah, I usually buy 3 cases at a time to fill up my 15gal jug to supply the Steiner pump, they don't flinch at the pool store, which is the cheapest place around here to buy it at 2.79 a gallon for 12% ---- 128*0.12=15.36 ------- 2.79/15.36= 0.1816 or 18cents/CL Oz. I do like the ski...

Tap water came back at TA=350. PH =7.0 (that blows my theory that the test kit is maxing out at 250 - lol) Ok, I'll continue cycling down to 7.0 and attack the TA monster. I usually just leave the TA alone, but figured I'd give the Borates a try this year. fyi, haven't added any borates...

Hi guys, I changed my pool liner myself two weekends ago and it looks great. Now I'm trying to balance the new truck delivered water (3 tankers @ 5800 gallons) and the remaining from rain/filtered well. ph: 7.4 TA: 250 FC: 5.0 CC: 0 CYA: 40 CH:150 Temp: 82 My water looks great, crystal...

I passed the OCLT last night! The water is clear! No FC loss, No CC. Awesome! Thank you guys so much for the knowledge and guidance. I do think it was mustard algae because it was yellowish across most of the pool, and went away when I SLAM'd it at mustard FC level (ie... it wasn't pollen)...

Nope, wasn't adding anything additional. PH has been steady too. I know I'm surprised too. That's what was really shocking (pun intended - lol) me. I figured my chlorine would not maintain with only 60oz if there was algae. This was my first algae outbreak. Not sure what happened because...

Hope somebody can help me. I've been on the BBB method for five years with great results but recently my pool has been cloudy and I can't figure out why. Here's my test results: CL: 7.5 CC: 0 PH: 7.6 CYA: 35 (this one is the most difficult to read, the black dot goes away 90% at 35, but I can...

I just received my Stenner pump model 45M2 25 psi - probably should have bought the 100 psi model. If I buy the Stenner Injection Check Valve (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1) - does that make my pump the same as the 45MHP10 (the 100 psi equivalent pump)? ie... are the...

Ah, great point. And to your point, my chlorine demand might be totally separate than my need to cycle the water. What kind of timer did you end up using and how did you wire it into your existing system? Do you know if these pumps can be left outside in the elements? Does the CYA level...

Yep, been following the other threads, but was unable to find anything with this particular setup and unfortunately can't find any reviews on it either. It seems convenient to have the pump mounted to the container and I'm assuming it comes with needed connections. Just trying to find some...

Since that .1 - 12gpd range is for a full 24 hours, if I only run my pump for 8 hours (I've been following the one hour per every 10 degrees rule) then that would change the values from .03 - 4gpd. I'd probably vary from the #2 setting of 1.2gpd (.4 gallons over eight hours) to the #3 setting...

Wanting to switch to an automated chlorine feed system. How does this Rola-Chem 543725 Pro Series Pump 12 GPD 15 Gallon Poly Tank Mounted System Tank look? http://www.poolsupplyworld.com/Rola-Chem-543725-Pro-Series-Pump-12-GPD-15-Gallon-Poly-Tank-Mounted-System-Tank/543725.htm Looking at...

So I've been consistently using about 4ppm of chlorine per day in my pool and I was wondering if that's normal? cya: 45 ph: 7.5 alk: 175 temp: 89 The pool calculator says I need to maintain a 4-8 with my current cya so I target 6 - each morning adding a full gallon of chlorine (pool calc says...

Yep I have a solar cover on it. My typical routine is wake up, check FC (usually at 1.5), add 128oz of 12% bleach, run the pump for 12 hours, go to bed. When I check the following morning it's back to 1.5. My CC is < .5 each morning. so I don't shock. That's without anybody swimming. Now I...

Thank you for your answers, I read them thoroughly. I didn't know to use the "Effects of Adding Chemicals" section to find out how many pucks to add to affect CYA, so thanks for that. Thanks for the confirmation of my DE results as well - it's comforting to know that what I'm experiencing is...