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Can someone please walk me through using my chlorine reagents to test for bromine? I have R-0870, r-0871, and R-0003. Thank you in advance!

Can you buy tablets for a spa sized floating feeder that just contain chlorine without cya?

Hello, I use bleach to chlorinate my hot tub. I did the dichlor then bleach method to get my CYA to 30 and now I'm sailing with the bleach. But lately I have been noticing that my hot tubbing routine (or rather lack their of) is making my maintenance difficult. The trouble is that sometimes I...

I currently have a small intex cartridge filter that isn't cutting it for my algae situation. I'm thinking of getting a sand filter and I'm wondering how I figure out what size I should buy?

I finally got my Taylor k 2006 in the mail today. And thank goodness because it's a heatwave out there. Now, today my pool went cloudy, I filled it a couple days ago in anticipation of getting the test kit. There's nothing in it but raw well water. Here's what I got for test results: FC 0 (I...

I just filled the pool, I think my test kit will be in the mail today or tomorrow. And we live on a farm so I use raw water from the well to fill the pool. It's quite orange and I'm just filtering it now to remove the iron (doubt it's really doing anything). But I was reading in pool school...

I'm just waiting for my taylor k 2006 to arrive before I refill the pool so I've been reading up a storm in pool school and Guide for Seasonal/Temporary Pools. I can see that one of my first steps will be to shock the pool and I'm wondering if shock differs a lot from one brand to the next. Of...

Hello, I want to start by saying how wonderful this site is! I stumbled upon it last week when I hit a peak frustration with my new pool. I've decided to post after reading numerous other posts and still not finding a solution. I bought and intex pool from walmart. It is a metal framed pool. So...