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    New to pool

    Just a quick update. Sorry no pics yet, should have taken one to start. I got the pH down to 7.5 with some dry acid that came with the house. Upped the cya to 30, TA has been 150, FC is 12. The CH I'm having a hard time with, it turns purple not red and no after 30 drops its still just purple...
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    New to pool

    I'll start with the adjustments first then, Thanks! I'll keep reading, just wanted to get a jump on it while my mind absorbs all the wonderful info this forum as to offer. As to how long, when i looked at it in Aug 2013, it was green do to an electrical issue to pump. Electrician came out and...
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    Pool capacity

    I came up with 33,000 shallow end= 800 two slopes=2016 deep end= 1600 this adds up to 4416 times 7.48 and we get 33,031 You would need a curve half the size of the shallow end to make it 36k.
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    New to pool

    I bought a new house and with it a pool. I'm new to a pool, though I am used to maintaining my hot tub. The pool was closed when we bought it and didn't have a cover. With 2 mature trees next to it and a huge (80 ft) tree that dumps about 60% of its leaves and now spring debris into the pool...