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  1. Taz

    Clean Filter / Add more Jack's Magic Purple?

    I use expensive "city" water so I don't have water problems except for CH and alkalinity. JEA water quality levels for metals are within EPA standards. I was trying to follow pdf startup instructions I found on the mfc.'s web site. Of course my PB started the SWG before 30 days so that's out...
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    Clean Filter / Add more Jack's Magic Purple?

    Hats off to the Pool School. As our pool is still in the startup phase, we've cleaned the cartridge filter 3 times (Day 2, Day 4, and Day 12 (waited a couple extra days as I added granular CYA)). Less milky white (plaster dus)t this time, but still what I believe are softish scale particles...
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    Best options for vacation time pool control

    My experience with friends' pools is that the water "feel" with a SWCG is better than the average pool (such as my sister's). That's why we chose a SWCG for our recently completed pool. While it'll be tough to find pools with comparable water chemistry, perhaps she could do a "blind swim test"...
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    Warning...Just seen on Fox News...make sure you get a permit

    Our county has a very good GIS system linked to property/tax records with an imagery overlay. A bit slower than google earth or Bing maps but it was nice when we were househunting. I recently took a gander at some of pools in our community - there are more than I thought!