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    Help! SLAMing...yellow water and stains...

    I'm hoping for some help here. We've been SLAMing our pool for about 5-6 days now and the water has turned yellowish and it's actually staining my white steps and it looks like the liner as well. The water has cleared up tremendously though, it was black when we opened it. I've had it at shock...
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    PSI rising, no flow from returns...

    We've been up and running for about a week, with a psi consistantly at 10 and all of the sudden today there was nothing coming from the returns and no suction into the skimmer from what I could see, and the psi was at 20. We could still see water moving into the clear part in the pump though...
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    Just got TF-100....first set of results.

    I did my first set of tests today, we have recently re-filled our pool and the only things I have added thus far are 1 gal of 8.5% bleach Tuesday morning and about 3lbs(48oz.) CYA, also Tuesday. FC- 0 pH- >6.8? Wasn't quite the light orange color at the bottom, it was a little yellow TA- 10...
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    Starting up sand filter/ pump for first time...

    We're starting up our new to us Hayward sand filter and pump today. We have a small amount of debri in the deep end of the pool but its fairly clean. Should we start with a backwash cycle or filter cycle? Thanks! We love this site and appreciate all the help :)
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    Opening/filling new water questions

    We have been filling our pool the last few days and its almost full just a few inches to go. I recently ordered the TF100 test kit so we can use the BBB method, but it won't be here until Friday. So my question is shoulder go ahead and turn on the pump and filter this week while waiting for the...
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    Floating vinyl liner

    Looking for help before my husband looses it! We had a new liner installed in our pool last summer , we never covered it all winter, sigh. So instead of just removing leaves and shocking etc., my hubby decided to empty the pool. So we are now empty and the liner seems to be "floating" on the...