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    Opening and Balancing Vinyl Pool with SWG

    Thanks for responding. I think the reagents are supposed to last about 2 years. I tested with the standard sample set(that have known values)and they were accurate, so I thought they would be ok. We adjust pH when it gets up to about 8 and try to keep it around 7.6. Last year the TA was too...
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    Opening and Balancing Vinyl Pool with SWG

    Did I post this in the wrong section? I haven't gotten any replies.
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    Opening and Balancing Vinyl Pool with SWG

    We moved into a house with a large inground pool with a vinyl liner last year and converted it to SWG. We were able to keep it balanced pretty easily, except the pH was constantly rising so we had to keep adding liquid muriatic acid. We're ready to open the pool and need some help balancing it...
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    New Pool Owner help balancing

    Thanks so much for the help! We'll add salt until we get to about 3500 ppm and liquid pool shock to keep it around FC 10 until we can turn on the SWG. Does that sound right?
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    New Pool Owner help balancing

    I didn't install the app. Pool water is clear. All the levels seem to be in the ideal range except the TA is too high. Do I need to lower TA? How do I do that without throwing other levels off? Pool math calculator just said lower pH to 7- 7.2 with acid then aerate to raise pH. I also need to...
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    New Pool Owner help balancing

    We just opened our pool about a week ago and need help balancing. Previous owner used chlorine tabs, but we're switching to SWG. When we opened, the bottom of pool was green and slimy. We had it tested at a pool store and they had us add 20 lbs bicarbonate, 8 gal shock, 1 bottle algeaside, 10...