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    Advice on rain causing algae

    i run a route for about 30 pools in alabama havent had to many issues all year but recently we had a bad storm about 5 days ago and it caused about 6 of the 30 pools to turn green in their own ways and im confused as to why all the chems are good and check them on a weekly basis but honestly...
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    Pool green makes no sense

    I used a spin disk as a backup test but i also tested the chems at the pool using my taylor 2006c kit and the PH was 7.4 with that however the cya was about 30 ish compared to the 58 on the spin disk 2 weeks ago i shocked and flocced had the pool crystal clear and blue 0 algae anywhere, and the...
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    have you seen worse test then this?? CYA is crazy

    i used a taylor 2006c testing kit as well to verify all the numbers and they were all valid per taylor testing kit
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    have you seen worse test then this?? CYA is crazy

    i currently have a route of 30 pools and i use my clorox chlorine tabs on 25 of them and they all have a normal cya and go up about 30ppm a year however the 5 pools that supply their own chems use sams club for tabs and after testing cya last week all pools were normal other then the sams clubs...
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    have you seen worse test then this?? CYA is crazy

    Sams pucks contains so much more cya then any other tabs on the market
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    poop in pool?

    i just had a costumer call me and complain that her dogs that are over 70lbs Darn in the pool, what do i do? i have a portable waste vacuum i could bring and vac it out? but from what i read vacuuming isnt recommended? need advice here right now my plan is to scoop as much as possible, then vac...
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    need help dont want to lose a good costumer! Copper in water or bad filter?

    long story short if the pool cant be back right theyre gonna fill in the pool! it has struggled for a minute due to bad filtrations becuase there is a crack underground somewhere and only 1 skimmer is working and the pools is 40k gallons. but 2 weeks ago i vacced to waste had the pool 100%...
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    CYA question

    i usually perfer liquid stabalizer on my route even tho its more costy i like instant results however i now have a new 60k gallon pool with cya of 5 and its recomending almost 5 gallons of liquid which is way to much, it says i can do 12lbs granular however only one skimmer works and i need to...
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    What exactly causes combined chlorine?

    What exactly causes combined chlorine? and can it cause a cloudy pool? pool has 0 debris, vacuumed the entire pool which caused the cya to drop some, but pool is very blue just very cloudy if i leave the pump off the water clears up great but everytime i run the pump it gets very cloud and its a...
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    CYA help!

    i run a route of about 20 pools currently but on my startups i am struggling with cya! i have tried raising it with the sock method in the skimmer and the jets but with me backwashing daily since its green and then vac to waste im losing alot of water and its so hard to keep the cya high! im...
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    anyone else use spin disk to test chemicals?

    anyone else use spin disk to test chemicals? if so are they accurate alot? i have add mine over a year the 203 series 11 way test but sometimes im worried theyre not very accurate epically in a SLAM or a green to clean in general!
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    struggling with cya

    i am using cya granules and have tried the sock method but i swear its still a 50/50! i had a cya of 21ppm it said to add 2lbs of cya up so i put 2lbs in a sock and put it in the skimmer basket came back a week later on my route and the cya is the same level! and the sock was empty but i did...
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    good water chemistry but ton of algae

    I service this 14k gallon above ground pool once a week and when i stop by i do either 2 pucks or 1 gallon of LQ TO have a FC of 3-4ppm but for some reason this past week it went from perfect to almost swamp green and having running a spin disk test i noticed the phosphates are through the roof...
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    Please help costumer gives me 8 more days or no pay

    i can maybe drain i have did so many green to cleans before but when i started this one i mean it was bad bad likle super dark green couldnt see past 2 inches but im so hurt that it doesnt look better yet
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    portable vacuum to recomend?

    recently i got a above ground pump to use as a travel and carry pump for green to cleans but it is a pain the Rear to prime and only works good for about 10 minutes and its set on 115V 1.5HP been seeing alot of videos that if i got a inground pump which is more costy but set it to 115V so it...
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    portable vacuum to recomend?

    i have about 7 green to cleans now and i hate using the costumers pump on waste because leaves can clog up the skimmer so easily and then that becomes another headache! is there a set pump to recommend to travel with to help with as a waste option? i was using XtremepowerUS 1.5HP Variable...
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    Please help costumer gives me 8 more days or no pay

    please help with green pool cleanup Long story short i have a pool cleaning company and i have done over 20 green to cleans this year with SLAM or flocculant either A or B always works for me but this pool nothing is working please any advice is great! first reading 5 days ago PH- 7.2 TA- 60...