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    Shock pool weekly??

    Only shock when it's a long hot spell and the bather load increases - these tend to go hand in hand. I've found - more so than not, once your bather load increases and the temps are up, if you don't shock, after a few days, things will start to grow, so as a best practice, I shock once a week if...
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    Best places to buy bleach

    walmart I am up in Canada, so products are likely different, however, I find that the walmart no name bleach is the best buy, it's 5.75% and a gallon is $1.39, however, buyer beware, they also sell a 1.25 gallon jug at much more than a 25% price jump of the same stuff.
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    Err .. bird issue

    Tried the fishing line over the pool trick, the ducks seem to stay away and i'm getting a lot less Crud on the coping from the smaller ones!
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    NEWBIE needs LOTS of help with water testing results

    Did I read that right? You purchased 12 lbs of stabilizer - wow, are you doing an olympic sized pool?? - that would do me for 6 to 10 years. Be careful with how much of that you add at a time, it can't be removed unless you drain off water. Best way, add it to a sock and tie it off the stairs...