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So the old thread about the wonderful Borates test created by JoyfulNoise has become massively long, and a warning popped up that further comments may not be seen so maybe consider starting a new thread. My apologies if I shouldn’t have. I have enjoyed using Joyful’s Borates test since 2017. It...

Hello all, I am posting on behalf of my brother who I am visiting in Mesa. I saw his pool had scale, possibly algae too, albeit the water is clear, and he used tons of trichlor pucks in the past. I have started to teach him all the BBB wisdom. We are in somewhat of a hurry for guidance today...

Well this has never happened to us before in the 10 years we have been doing BBB. 😂 We have really low TA for the first time ever. We have historically had really high TA, like 170-190 high. and every year we do the painful dance after opening to bring Alkalinity down to 90 so that we can add...

Hi! :wave: We are closing our pool this Wednesday, first time ever doing it ourselves, and we have some questions. (16x32 in ground, 3' shallow - 6' deep, with the pump/filter/heater 10 feet from the skimmer and up to 36 feet from the farthest return jet. We're using a 6.5hp Shop Vac to blow...

I'm a newbie to BBB but already a permanent believer. I'm almost at all my target levels for BBB, but am having problems with one last kink: getting a 0 CC reading (or <= .5) I've achieved a 60-80 ppm CYA, a lower (for the first time) TA level, and borates = 50. As far as learning how to...

:wave: Hi! Just introducing myself. My husband and I installed an in ground pool 5 years ago. 16 x 32 vinyl liner. This is our first time using BBB having just discovered it. I've learned so much already and am glad to have a place to pose questions for any concerns or complications we have...