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I've been working on getting my pool open this spring. It was pretty ugly when I opened the cover, so I've been working hard to get it cleaned up. On the good side the water is very clear (not perfect). The problem is the CC number hasn't been changing. I'm still losing 4ppm of FC each day...

I think I'm close to being ready to add stabilizer to my pool after a rough opening. I have read about the sock method, but I'm not sure how to do this if we have an automatic cover. We don't want to leave it open. Any advice?

Okay... I'm opening my pool for the year. It has a solid cover, but critters chewed my cable and we were slow getting it open. The pool is very murky. I am on day 5 and I have spent over $200 on chlorine and I have run myself out of test drops. Just to check the level this morning I used my...

After a slow start this Spring and doing lots of reading on TFP I'm stuck with a dilemma... I bought 70 lbs of stabilized chlorine (pucks and granular). Now that I'm reading about the The use of liquid chlorine what should I do with my old chemicals? Should I use them up this year and switch...

So, after a rocky start to my Spring I have now cleared my pool and it looks great. I'm getting ready to let my kids have birthday parties in the pool this weekend. This will involve roughly 10 kids for 5 hours. I've been reading that I should bump the chlorine for events like this, but I'm...

I'm at the tail end of my first SLAM (I think). A week ago my pool was so cloudy that I couldn't see the bottom of the shallow end. I started the SLAM process on Wednesday (5/29). The water cleared st of the water, but I seem to have stalled out. I was dropping 10+ppm overnight. now I seem...

I'm still doing a lot of reading here and trying to learn, but I'm hoping for some quick feedback as I learn. When I opened my pool a few weeks ago it was amazingly clear. I vacuumed, shocked, and cleaned and the water was as clear as I've ever had it. Over memorial day weekend the chlorine...