Recent content by BarbL

That's pretty much what I tell everyone about keeping virtually maintenance-free, chemical-free fish tanks too :) The chemistry behind this is just completely opposite of what I do for for my fish tanks and pond that I was thrown for a bit of a loop. I think I have it now and hopefully soon I...

Could the cloudiness have been caused by the shock product I used initially? I ask because the pool looks clear now after a day out in the sun - it was clear before I started as well and then I added the "One Shot" stuff last night, it looked slightly cloudy last night - not terrible, I could...

Thanks msgtdan! My plan is to test everything again around sunset, add in the Muriatic acid at that point, add any additional bleach needed, along with the stabilizer and see how everything looks in the morning. I can see that the pool calculator is going to be well-used here! Hopefully the...

Thank you so much, linen! Let me make sure I have this right. I will calculate how much of the Muriatic acid to use to lower my pH to 7.2 to start here and then keep a strict eye on the pH and use the Muriatic acid to keep lowering the pH should it creep above 7.8? I won't worry too much about...

Thank you! I will get there...I am back in "Pool School" at the moment and *think* I have this figured out a little bit... It seems I need to lower my TA and in order to do that, I need to lower the pH using Muriatic acid. I did the acid demand test and found I needed 7 drops of the acid demand...

Thank you! Now I have something to put in my signature line once I figure that out!

I have found that size pool on a list somewhere that Intex provided, but it didn't give the gallons - the pool is shown here as well: http://www.sears.com/intex-16ft-x-42in-quick-set-ring-pool/p-05216738000P?sid=IDx01192011x000001&kpid=05216738000P&kispla=05216738000P Redo of tests is giving...

Thanks Richard! I will head right out and test again! I hate to say it but I did check out pool school - my brain is just so wired for fish-keeping that I am losing it. I'll give it another try!

My husband has always wanted a pool, and I can't pass up a bargain, so I figured it was destiny when checking out a local garage sale, I happened upon a used Intex 16' X 42" Easy Set pool for sale. Our house used to have a pool so even though the area was a bit grown over, once we got past a...