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*checks headlines* FloridaMan added stuff that shows up as CCs.

Funny you mention this. The damp-rid I bought for my moving pods was calcium chloride.

Hey Douglas and Welcome !!! We just met but I totally trust you to be able to diagnose that it's poo. Got any ducks ? Maybe some stop by to use the loo during the day ? Raccoons have been known to drop bombs at night. Try and prove it's happening during the day to remove all the...

*checks headlines* Florida Man Buys DPD Powder.... Meh. I've seen better.

Hurry up the refill sale ends with March. (y)

Which one(s) ?

My face gives away my inner monologue all the gol darn time. :ROFLMAO: It's like CHILL bro. Don't spill the beans !!!

I started with about 160 oaks on an acre and dropped half of them over 15 years before giving up and moving. It never appreciably affected my FC, even when the long flower string snots covered in pollen stuffed both skimmers several times a day. No fresh debris for that matter, even dead...

Maybe it's been a long time coming and is finally bad enough to notice. Here's to hoping the magically disappearing CYA does better after.

We got our first pool *when* we did because of the little kids. But 98% of the *why* was for us. And by us, I mean the Mrs. She wanted it, I didn't, so we compromised and got the pool. But yeah. I'd never spend that much money at the house for the kids who'd be leaving it in a few years.

Why does TDS matter ? The individual components are what matters. Say, 300 salt and 3500 CH, or 300 CH and 3500 salt. The answer of the maths of 3800 means bupkis. (Etc etc etc for all components of the equation) Total Chlorine is another totally junk stat. 6+0= 6 and 2+4=6 tell 2...

Me: The spider :

I love the 10s because i'm sure it's not a 30 and not a 50. I feel much better at that point that it's a 40. Then I run hot for funsies.

+1. Amazon suggested i needed some 3 weeks ago (?) and the sale was $2 / lb. I forget which one is which but Walmart/Homedepot is $5 or $6 a lb. So I have 25 lbs of Puritech in my garage which will last the season. It always does what it's supposed to with no surprises. Both with...

I will be buying the OEM rollers this time. I bought the generic ones last time which had upgraded bearings (seemed smart when the OEM failed in 1 year) but many complaints that they smelled like weed when in use. Mine do too and its obnoxious even 2 years later. So they lasted longer but...

+1. I'm my own appliance repairman now. I just changed the shocks on my fancy top load washer that was out of balance ($74 DIY) and I'm about to replace the squeaky rollers on my dryer for the 2nd time. ($40)

There is no increased rust. Everything you add is either a salt, or breaks down to salt. With an indoor pool free from rain overflow/ refill dilution, the salinity increases quickly and will likely surpass that of a 'salt pool'. Nobody on liquid chlorine or pucks ever checks their...

For anyone else looking to them, some excerpts from one of their articles sums them up nicely. They said it WAY better than I ever could : 'To find out, we did some digging, and we talked to chemists and others who know way more than we do about water. Our first expert–Richard Falk–in...

You can see color change and that's all you need. You can call it blue and I can call it pink and we BOTH know it isn't clear. Or green to red, yellow to brick red, etc.. It doesn't matter if you see it as light gray to dark gray, you'll see the change and know it did the thing.

I did not see this one coming but it makes total sense. At our kid party / swimming lessons place there are 20+ parents walking in to get their kids every 30 mins and maybe more parents for parties. The apron around the pool was wet at all times, and even puddled in places. The kids...

There is simply no need for the winterizing kit. and prove there is no algae brewing. Raise the pool to SLAM FC, or half SLAM and add Polyquat 60. Done.

1 gram of 65% calhypo is 34 FC in a 5 gallon bucket. Pour 2/3 of it out, fill it back up and it would be about 11 FC. You'd need a digital scale that read to the .XX to know it was 1.00 grams even and not somewhere between 1 and 1.5 grams as that would skew the results.

It helped me hook someone who's now a friend and happy TFP-er. They waltzed into the pool store with clear water and were advised to purchase *8* products. My favorite part is the Banish adds copper which is tested at .4 and needs pool magnet plus. And more banish of course. Come...

#preach 2.0 :ROFLMAO: When the poolstore says they need to spend $176 on Caribbean Pool Dr 911 RX Clear Xtra Blue, TA up, Ph minus, and Algecide..... they're OK with that. We tell them they need an $80 TF100 to never set foot in the pool store again and they lose their minds.

#preach. But the tab loving folks aren't testing or paying attention to anything anyway. They chew through tabs like they're tic-tacs and then dump and pray when it spirals out of control.

Only for 80s kids. (y) We were tougher.

🙋‍♂️ In a 25k gallon pool, 1 cup of baking soda a day will raise the TA 10 weekly. Or 12k gallons every other day. It will aid the forever sinking TA/Ph from habitual puck use.

I, for one, believe it started because so many had cages. Once it was a thing, nobody could undo the thing.

The other equipment is Pentair so imma go out on a limb here.......... :ROFLMAO:

I woulda gone with a bad batch of calcium, but you do you. :ROFLMAO: Seriously though between the ones that are 75% salt and all the ice melt brands out there, it wouldn't take much for the factory to make/send the wrong batch. Leeching to me takes time and the water should reflect...