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[Area Man]

Rick, what do you mean by a vacumn plate?? I just put the hose into a hole below where my skimmer basket is.

A vacuum plate seals over your skimmer, gives you better suction, and lets skimmer catch the the big stuff. Here's a picture:
http://www.prestowebmaster.com/prest...63_pd53322.jpg

And an explanation:
http://www.poolmanual.com/manual/maintequip.html#mvac

I've never vacuumed without one - that's just how I was taught.

I dont know if I should do the waste thing, as it loses so much water. I brushed my pool real good today and got alot of algae , again, floating around. I guess the filter will get rid of it for me.

I tend to agree with you, but have seen recommendations here to vacuum to waste when you have an algae problem. Maybe someone more experienced with algae can explain how that works?

I need to bring my ph up abit in my pool. It is 7.0 right now, what do we use for that? I did use some ph up about 500 grams of it for my 70,000 litre pool, but I am guessing that is not enough .I am scared to put to much in as I dont want to raise it so high, as my TC is 26..came down abit..........

You're right, you don't need to raise the pH much. I don't know the formula for how much "pH Up" to add, but there should be information on the label that tells you. If you need to later raise pH, you can use borax less expensively:
http://www.poolsolutions.com/gd/grocery.html