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    pH creeping up

    My pH keeps creeps creeping up, everything else is good. I am putting in 1/2 gal of acid every 2 weeks. Is this normal or is there another problem? 30,000 gals, fiberglass, bleach
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    CYA creeping up

    after draining my pool this summer to get rid of CYA well over 100 it started well below 30. now2-3 months later it has creeped back up to 65. I am using bleach and everything else is good except CH which is 140. the pool is fiberglass and 30,000 gallons.
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    Cleaning pool tiles

    My neighbor is a little old man and has a history of being "ripped off" where his pool is concerned. He was given an $800 estimate to clean his pool tiles, so he wants to do it himself. What is the TFP way to clean pool tiles? He has a small, fiberglass over gunite pool. In the last year he has...
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    Refilling a fiberglass pool

    I just drained and refilled my fiberglass (over plaster) pool because the CYA was very high. Should I follow the start up procedures for new plaster pool or something else? Here are the current numbers. FC 1.5 pH 7.5 TA 30 CH 40 CYA <30
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    Can't raise PH

    My husband is trying to raise the PH so we can add Yellow Out to get rid of the algae in our pool. The chlorine is very high, but he can't get the PH over 7.2. Added lots of Borax, but numbers won't budge. We have had ongoing algae problems except for 3 years we had SWG, but the cell needs to be...
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    Salt water generator comparison/review

    We installed Eco-Matic when we redid our pool and were very happy with it until it quit working after only 3 years. We did all maintenance as per instructions. We expected it to last longer. A replacement cell was so expensive, last summer we decided to try old-fashioned chlorine routine and...