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Here comes another frozen pool guidance question..... ALWAYS run our pool during freezes, have had this baby 28 years and NEVER EVER lost power for 36 hours as we did in TX. Pool is off via the breaker, but we could not get any equipment off during the freeze (even hot pans of water did not...

Plaster is six months old, aggregate mini pebble and the CH has just been inching up, today is 425. My fill water is 300. I'm a little confused on what my goal should be when using PoolMath. I initially put a goal of 260, which then the calculator said I should drain 40% of the pool. If...

I lost the little metal "pill" that goes with the speedstir? Can I just reorder one or do I need to order a whole new one?

I do understand that PH can fluctuate for around a year while the plaster cures. However, when you lower the PH, you lower the Alkalinity. I have the Stonescapes aggregated plaster and part of the warranty is to not let the PH go above 7.8. When the PH goes to 7.8, I always lower it because...

I'm telling myself I've graduated from "Just Getting Started"....to "Testing and Balancing Water"....:) I've been using the TF-100 and managing the pool since a renovation in April 2014 (that was the fill date). I just tested the water with the following results: FC 5.5 CC 0 TC 5.5 PH 7.8 CYA...

Thank the good Lord for 3.88 " of rain in Mesquite, Texas!! In anticipation, I bumped the chlorine up to 8 ppm last night. I carry a CYA of 40 and target 5 PPM on a daily basis. We had to drain four inches this evening because the water was up to the coping -- PH is 7.5; FC is 5 PPM, CC is 0...

I've read where some have suggested bumping up the chlorine levels before and after a heavy load of bathers. My CYA is 40, I target 3-5 PPM chlorine on a daily basis. What would the figure suggested for a heavy bather load? Thanks!

For the FC test, of the powdered reagent, how much is a "heaping" spoonful of the blue powder? The small jar seems to go real quick or am I using too much of a heaping helping?

Is there a shelf life for muriatic acid similar to that of bleach?

Brand new mini pebble plaster. I left the forum two weeks with going to Home Depot to buy some stabilizer to get the CYA up since I had none with a total refill. I CANNOT seem to get the chlorine up and I’m super frustrated! I use the PoolMatch, add enough bleach and everyday I come home...

Curious as to the definition of organic contaminants. I had a problem with my old plaster and yellow algae, we'd shock the pool, it would clear, then be back. I think our problem was high CYA since it had been 15 years since the pool was partially drained, but that's just a guess because I...

Pool was filled two weeks ago, I'm using 3 pucks in the in-line chlorinator, monitoring PH closely. I finally got the right test for chlorine and CYA test so I'm ready to move on. The pool was maintained by a pool guy, but I'm going to maintain it myself especially since it needs so much TLC...

I have a 20 year old pool that was just remodeled in North Texas, and the last several years the pool has been taken care of by a pool service company. I am not going back to the pool service company and would like to maintain with advice from this site. The plaster is an aggregate...