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Hello!! Over the weekend as I was cleaning out the skimmer, I noticed that my basket had been dislodged so much that it prevented water from entering the skimmer. Not really realizing what that affected, I went ahead and contiued with my "pool service". When i got to cleaning the area before...

Thanks for the advice! The pool has been maintaining between 5 - 7 FC since i went through this whole ordeal. Water is nice and crystal clear but i still have the algea stains that i've been try to scrub of to no avail. I just received my new taylor test kit but i'm unsure how to test with...

Ok here's the latest results as of this morning. I'm still waiting for the Taylor test kit so the FAC i'm not sure is accurate. FAC = 7.0 PH = 7.2 TA = 120 Calcium Hardness = 400 CYA = 100 TDS = 1200 Pool is crystal clear....nice and blue! However, I can still see what looks like algae on...

Wow, thanks for the quick response! So, should I dump another 7 gallons of Clorox? And when I bring the sample to the pool store, they should test all levels...right? FAC, TAC...etc.

Hello All! A little history...pool came with the house when we bought. It's a 25,000 gal plain old plaster in ground pool. We recently replaced the pump/filter from DE system to a Cartridge system (4 filters/1.5 horse motor). We've never had any problems keeping the pool algae free and in...