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I’m not sure what to do. Can I patch the tear? It’s about 1 inch long.

I'm so disappointed. We had the wall all up then ran out of wall. I ordered a 21' round but received a pool wall for 18' round. Wall circumference measures 56.5' so we are short a little under 10'. Has anyone had this happen before? The label on the pool wall box says WALL IRIS 54 STL WM 21. It...

Thanks Kim, I figured that's how it would be done. Seems like a silly question now in hindsight.

My husband and I have taken down our old Doughboy pool. We are putting up a new 21' Sharkline Venture in the same spot, our Doughboy was the same size. My FIL is coming over tonight with his laser level to check the site level. When we installed our Doughboy we did not use patio pavers under...

Thank you so much! I appreciate your help! I just sent him a PM.

My pool wall on my Doughboy rusted out and split. :( I am ordering a new pool from Pool Supply World today. I read through some older posts and a TFP discount code was mentioned. Can we still get this and if so how do I get it?

I just texted her again. she's going to the store to get bleach now so problem solved. Thank God! She knows how maintenance free my pool is and wants the same. I told her to stop using that cartridge and when she gets home to put in 40 oz of bleach. Hopefully that will raise her FC to a 4...

Yes that's what I read too. I'm hoping she will take my advice and not use it but if she doesn't want to remove it then I'm not sure how much stabilizer to add.

My neighbor just had her pool installed and she has the Aqua Smarte System. Just got on here today and read about this system. I've already texted her about possibly not using this at all and just going with the bleach. Question is, I know that this system adds CYA to the water but does...

Try a magic eraser on that ring!

To slam your pool with a CYA level of 20 your FC needs to stay at 10 at all times. If your CYA is at 30 you need to keep your FC at 12. I would keep it at 12 to be safe. Your FC level of 5ppm is more of your target when not slamming your pool. Raising your FC to 10-12 will in no way harm your...

Yes, my pump has been running non stop since Sunday when we opened. I took the test water from the opposite side of the return about a foot down. I will be adding bleach this evening. I'm going to add it in 2 steps tonight. I'll test after each addition and see what I come up with. I will...

No not at all. I'm going to really study my next couple weeks testing results after adding my bleach. I tested a few minutes ago and I lost 2.5ppm of bleach since last night so I should be good to wait until tomorrow to add again.

I targeted a liitle higher due to upcomming rain, (didn't want to have to add bleach in the rain). It hadn't rained enough prior to mess with the testing. My pump has been running 24/7 right now as well.

This will be my 3rd year using the TFP method with the same pool. For whatever reason, when I added bleach last night to the pool it took the FC level up higher than I anticipated. My pool is aprox. 9,300 gallons (21 ft round by 3.58 inches deep). I used the pool calculator to figure raising my...

I still don't see where you failed the OCLT test in this thread. The only OCLT results that I see posted are on the 14th and show you losing only 1ppm of chlorine and at .5 CC. I'd hate for you to be slamming your pool and not needing to. Been there done that myself! :)

Here's the link to my thread regarding the rust sediment in my pool. It eventually filtered out after a few weeks of vacuuming. It vacuumed up very easily and was only on the bottom of the pool, so it might not be the same thing...

Okay. Wow! I used the speed stir and got 400. I cannot believe the difference that made in testing. I will use it for every single test now. I feel like an idiot, lol! Oh well I'm glad it's not 900. Thanks for the help everyone. Guess I'm a horrible mixer. Off to retest everything else now! -...

I filled cylinder to 25, not 10. Wish I would have to save regeants. I have a speed stir but didn't use it. Dropped 20 R-0010, 5 R-0011L, mixing between drops. It took 9 drops to turn blue. The 8th dropped turned purple. I have city water, not well. I'm going to retest with my speed stir. I'll...

Now I'm wondering if I have ever tested it? I actually retested it and it's 900. My tap water measured 900 as well. So there's my answer. Should I try to lower my TA some more? I have to add MA every couple weeks cause my PH drifts up to 8.2 that should be lowering my TA a little right? Nothing...

I have not tested my CH in a long time, bad I know. Well I just tested and it's 800! FC 5 CC 0 Ph 7.8 TA 70 CYA 20 (taking it up to 40 tonight) If I keep my PH lowered to 7.2 - 7.4 should I be okay the rest of this season? I'm about to test my water straight from the tap to see what it...

I'm not a pro at this by any means ,but have a question on why you think you failed the OCLT test. The test numbers you posted on 7/14/14 for your first overnight test show you losing only 1ppm of chlorine with .5 CC, isn't that passing? Maybe the deposits in your pool aren't algae? I...

All I did was maintained my pool all summer using the BBB method. I closed late, brought my pool to shock level, drained water to below skimmer, put on my cover, and opened early this year. That's it!

Oh I already sent them! lol I had to back up my bragging!

Yes, water looks great. You actually just commented on the pic I posted in the opening/closing forum, lol. Thanks!

lol Thanks! I'm sure everyone I know is tired of hearing about my awesome opening! It's so hard not to brag.....

Just opened my pool Saturday and the first test results were. FC 0 CC 0 pH 8.4 TA 50 CYA 0 I didn't do a test for CH First thing I added bleach to get my FC up, then added 12 oz of acid to get my pH down, I have 3 lbs of CYA floating around in socks so I'm assuming that will be...

First time opening after using BBB! To say I'm happy is an understatement. This picture was taken right after I pulled my cover off this past Saturday!

Thank you so much! Now it's just a waiting game until I open the pool.

Late last year I had to slam my pool due to algae. I caught it early but I know I kept my pool above shock level for too long because I started getting burnt orange spots in the bottom of my pool. I would always add the chlorine in the morning before work but take it higher than my shock level...