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That is the filter I have and I love it. It is plenty for your pool. I never have to touch the filter during the season. The only problem I am having is I cannot find off-brand cartridges to fit it. The aquapro cartridge replacement is 160.00.

The test kit is amazing! Well worth the money.

If you are adding acid to lower the ph the ta will come down as well. I had to add acid a few times during our first season but once the ta got to 80 the ph stabilized and the second year I never had to mess with it. Apparently tap water here has very high TA.

aaand, leave it to the pool stores to just instruct you to dump stuff in the pool. Holy high CYA after their advice!

And just to clarify your using this as your guide right? Recommended Levels - Trouble Free Pool

Your CYA should stay pretty stable unless you have a significant water change. I will check mine after a really heavy rain period where I am removing a few inches of water from the pool. If the water level is not changing you shouldn't need to check it that frequently. I really only check mine...

I hear ya. I want as natural as possible. I went with a salt generator but the generator is still turning the salt into chlorine, it just seems to be a more natural option. I very rarely need to add chlorine/bleach to my pool. The generator does a great job. I didn't want to be dumping bleach in...

This year follow the closing instructions on here instead. This is my 3rd year NOT using a pool store and opened to crystal clear water again. The info here is key!

Yes, the CYA keeps the sun from eating up the chlorine right away. You need to keep the levels per the chart - https://www.troublefreepool.com/content/128-chlorine-cya-chart-slam-shock - - - Updated - - - You can get it at walmart, lowes or homedepot usually. Or from a pool store if you can't...

Someone posted recently about iron in the pool - ​If you’ve got iron in your fill water, use Polyfill to remove it

Well it is recommended to check chlorine and ph daily, along with checking the pump pressure (and leaks) and emptying the skimmer. At least I believe that is what pool school said. I would think if something was going wrong you would see more chlorine loss than normal as it would be eating up...

while your waiting for a recommended test kit I would just worry about getting stabilizer and chlorine in.

Trucked water is usually city drinking water but you should check. My kids were in the day it filled although it was pretty cold. I just dumped half a gallon of liquid chlorine in each day or so until I got everything up and running. I didn't have a test kit for the first 5 days so I had to just...

What do you hate about chlorine? Is it a health concern or a reaction issue or smell or......

I would honestly just get a water truck. In northern NJ it costed only 275 for 6500 gallons. Even if you only get one truck load.

Just curious why you came off the salt water generator?

Ok I saw it is not recommended to do stabilizer without circulating. We are getting severe thunderstorms soon so I'll get it ready to have for tomorrow when hopefully the weathe is better.

Wow, so the gallon we put in yesterday burned off already? Should I add CYA this time? I am kind of in limbo with everything until the salt generator is up and running. Yesterday was sunny and 85. Today is partly sunny and probably almost 80.

Ok test kit arrived today. Husband dumped a gallon of liquid chlorine in yesterday from his pool buddy. Equipment is setup and electrical should be done in the next 2 days (hopefully). I tried out the Taylor kit just to get used to working with it. Total chlorine is basically 0 and pH is 8.2...

I don't have a test kit yet and will look at pool math now. I read through all the school articles

Can I just have the kids go in and swim to mix it all up?

Pool water was added on Friday. Equipment is not getting plumed till today (Sunday). Electrical won't be ready until probably Tuesday. I'm wondering if I should be adding anything to the pool yet or wait until the filter and saltwater generator are running? I'm afraid to add anything without any...