I have a 15x24 oval pool - above ground, 8500 gallons. I tested the water and added Baking soda to bring up the Alkalinity and now the alkalinity is 180 but the PH is...

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I have a Taylor FAS titrating test kit. I have a pool and a hot tub. I tested the TA of the pool, the test went from green to red as expected, all OK. When I...

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Iv just become a new pool owner and need some help !. The pool is cloudy so I took a ph reading and it’s very high 10.1!. Iv bought some ph reducer but I’m...

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I noticed that recently, the pH of my pool keep rising quite quickly, normally it takes forever to rise, but it seems to rise from 7.2 to 8.0 in the matter of...

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I must say that overall this year, the pool has been a joy to handle following your maintenance comments, so if I...

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New to pool care. We use the Taylor chemical test kit and have a Chemtrol autofeeding chlorine and muriatic acid into our 100 year old pool in the basement of a...

I work on a 50,000 gallon pool. Our alkalinity has been between 120-140 for a couple of weeks now. I have done the calculations and put in nearly 32lbs. of sodium...

Hello there. First of all excuse my bad English .
I found this forum from google after I had some problems with pools so I am happy to post here.
To introduce my self ....

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I have recently had a pH regulating device installed :

It takes basic solution from a baril, measures the pH, and injects it into the pool when the pH dips...

Since shocking my pool, the chlorine shot off the scale, I've now done three partial water changes which still has the chlorine on high but the PH is now down to 7:8,...

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I recently bought a house with a pool and I feel I may have inherited a badly maintained pool.

The pool size is 10x5 meters, around 75 square meters volume...

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Following my late discovery in another section of the benefits, necessity even, of aeration, I am looking to do this...

Hi, I am new to the forum and tried doing my own research but I'm stumped. My pool dimensions are listed in my bio but here is my issue(s)

My pool is 5 years old and...

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I am seeing abnormal alkaline reading from day to day. It is baffling me.
I use the AquaCheck Trutest test strips which provides the electronic
reading...

We have a new pool, 20000 gal, pebble. Shocked for first time 3 days ago with HtH shock advanced. Today FAC 5, ph 7.2, TA 180. There really was no change in levels after...

Please remind me what raises Alkalinity?
I have this on a 108,000l pool. Test from a SCUBA11.

13/06. Previous week warm, high 20s. No rain
TC. 2.1
FC. 1.9
Ph. 7.6
TA....

I can't see. To get my ph and alkalinity lvls to go down to acceptable lvls. This prevents my chlorine from working. Any ideas other than adding 35lbs of downer?

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