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    Borax does NOT work the same way, but it DOES inhibit algae IF you get borate levels above 50 ppm. (Some effects occur at lower levels)

    Read this: http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?9755; your privilege status when I update your membership is dependent on that info.

    And, by the time your upgraded, I'll have finished revising the new borates guide.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PoolDoc View Post
    ..... I'll have finished revising the new borates guide.
    I'm looking forward to reading that. Where will it be posted?
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoolDoc View Post
    Thanks.

    On a completely unrelated note, I noticed below my user name it says "weir watcher". What is that for?
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    Watching wiers, of course! I, on the other hand have weaved a widget.

    Seriously though, I think it's a ranking based on the number of posts we've made based on what I've seen on other forums.
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    means you've posted a lot, but not as much as me.

    (Quark inspectors are rather rare, which is not surprising, given how few people know what they are, or where to look for them, much less how to inspect them!)

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    Only pooldoc and the guys that run the Large Hadron Collider are known to inspect quarks.
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    Ahh. Earlier I had "boson inspector", but several people, thinking of what might be seen around pools, misread "boson" . . . so I had to change it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PoolDoc View Post
    Thanks for the info. This is excellent.

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