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Update: My Alkalinity tested today at 120 and PH at 7.2. SWG is working well and my water is clear and filter cartridge is now picking up a minimum of reddish colour compared to red sludge at first. We have been using the pool and enjoying it a lot. My main lesson learned this year is when...

My Intex SWG is stand alone-- my pump is separate and from a different maker. I went ahead and emptied about 1/3 of my pool to let me add that 1/3 back as plain water (probably 900 US Gallons). The boost cycle worked last night and so did the first plain timed cycle. Fingers crossed! I...

Sorry I don't have a proven fix for you. Because of the hard water I used to fill my pool, I may have other issues than you. The SWG should be using up the salt over time, not accumulating it so I plan to ask a friend to truck in some different water and try to be in the too low salt position...

Update: After adding about 2 gal of Muriatic acid spread over a week the pool alkalinity is 140 using strips (for some reason the test kits recommended are crazy expensive here so I am sticking with the HTH strips). The PH is now around 7.2 but we have been using the pool a lot so this will...

I have finally finished filling my pool over about 4 days via my home softener. I took more care and recycled the softener every time the dial said I should so I think the water in the pool has far less iron than last year. The shot of chlorine didn't turn it brown this year but it is a bit...

The pool was filled with the same well water last year. Vinyl was not stained and water did clear for July and August fun. I use the test strips as a quick and dirty start. I have vials and colour comparisons for once things are more "normal".

I run our hard well water through a McLean Iron Filter (air injection, no chemicals) and a softener but want to get the Alkalinity down from the current 240 and PH down from 8.4 and the total hardness down from 800+ (all numbers from HTH test strips before adding anything but water). Our well...