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    Strategy/Order to attack algae

    And I can promise you that I haven't added algaecide and have no mineral system at least since July of 2011 since I've owned the house. Then again, I've never tested for copper either, so I guess it could still be in there.
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    Strategy/Order to attack algae

    No idea. He said it could be from debris in the water (which I have some of some my Polaris booster quit) and tried to sell me "metal free" which would reduce it. I thought I'd check here first. FC is down to 8 after a full day of sun. I brushed the pool again for any algae I may have missed...
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    Strategy/Order to attack algae

    Yeah, I panicked a little this morning... Had my pH in the sweet spot yesterday then tested again this morning after maintaining a high FC overnight (and having a blue pool this am) and it the reading was 8.2+ I decided not to add any acid and wait it out until after work today, see if the...
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    Shock Question

    I'm a rookie, but here's what I do: pool-school/shocking_your_pool This will tell you what your shock level is, based on the CYA (Stabilizer) pool-school/chlorine_cya_chart_shock Then go here to really fine tune the details. Setup the size of the pool at the top and your goal at the bottom...
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    Strategy/Order to attack algae

    Hey guys :wave: After weeks of hard rains I guess my water has been diluted to where the SWG was ineffective. (Where does it go?) Got a hint of green a couple days ago, last night I added bleach to FC 15 shock level (40 CYA). This morning's readings on 25k gal plaster FC 11 CYA 40 pH 8.1...