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I opened my pool about a month ago and have been in the SLAM process for about 2 weeks at this point. There was a large amount of leaves that had accumulated at the bottom of the pool but I have netted almost all of them now. The water went from dark green, very cloudy and could not see the...

Quick question about if something I have noticed about my sand filter is normal. My regular operating pressure for my sand filter is 16 PSI. The other day I noticed that it had climbed to around 19 PSI, so it was getting close to being ready to be backwashed. I shut my pump off for a bit to...

I've been battling cloudy water for a few weeks and am currently in the process of SLAMing my pool. In the beginning of the algae bloom, I was backwashing a few times a day when my filter PSI rose to about 25% of normal operating pressure. The pool went from black to green to a light green and...

I just received my Taylor K-2006 kit in the mail and was doing some water tests this afternoon. Before receiving the kit, I added alkalinity increaser and shocked the pool using some results from Leslie's (not optimal, but needed something as a basis before my test kit came in). When I...

I am trying to put together a weekly maintenance plan for my pool and want to see if I'm on the right track and what everyone else would recommend. My pool has copper in the water which I am currently sequestering with ProTeam's Metal Magic which is a great product and does a great job of...

Tested pool this morning: FC - 0 TC - 0 pH - 6.8 TA - 90 CH - 50 CYA - 0 Had metals in the pool and currently sequestering them with Metal Magic. Pool has been running 24/7 and the water is blue but you cannot see to the bottom. Pool store told me there were phosphates present in the water...