Recent content by BadSpongeBob

I still haven't added any more salt to my pool besides that 1 bag. Jason kind of scared me with what he said, and I want to talk to my pool contractor before adding anything else. If I don't add anything for 30 days, would it be OK to let the kids go swimming in the meantime? Of course, I'll...

I've been using your pool calculator for several months now. Thanks for making it! Even though I don't have any test I can use to measure the salt content, my SWG has a salt indicator on it, and right now it says low salt. I didn't know about waiting 30 days though. I'll wait until I talk to...

I just had my pool plaster chipped off and re-done with pebble-tec, and finished refilling it today. According to my aquachek tester, my FC is 0, ph is 7.9, TA is 203. Those are the only things it tests, so don't ask about anything else, I don't know. I've already put the only 40 lb bag of...

Dang, I'll guess I'll have to buy a "real" test kit then. Thanks!

I have an electronic AquaChek device I got from Leslie's. It only tests for CL, pH and TA. I'm a relatively new pool owner, and very new to this site, so I didn't even know about CYA and other finer points of pool care until now. I need a better test kit, but I'm a pretty lazy guy, and I...