Recent content by bbingraham

Thank you. I'm just not sure specifically what we should be doing.....constantly changing DE and adding more chlorine? Is there anything else that could be making is cloudy? - - - Updated - - - I have the recommended one by this site. Those readings I above are what I got today from it. My...

There isn't any other debris that we can get out anymore - it is all too fine. We had been using hair nets at the skimmer baskets to catch bigger stuff. It didn't seem to make a difference - the pump psi jumped up just as when we didn't use them. So, what should be our main focus right now...

This is the 3rd year we have opened our pool. We did not have a pool cover on our pool this past fall/winter because it ripped when we went to put it on and we weren't able to afford another one. So, obviously our pool was very green and had lots of debris in it when we went to open it. Our...

Right...but how do you 'keep the CYA low'. Are you saying something we did raised it? I think that is the level the pool was at when we bought the house last year.

My PH is now up to where it should be and TA is around 60 I think. So, now we are ready to put in bleach. My CYA is around 65 - so according to the chart I should get my FC level up to around 24? When I put that in the pool calculator (current FC is 1 - target is 24) - i think it says I am...

Sorry, probably a dumb question, but how are you converting the baking soda oz (in the pool calculator) into lbs? I think the PH reagent is okay - there is a faint color. We added a 5lb box of baking soda last night and the TA went up to about 35. So, are these the correct next steps? 1...

Thanks for your help! Yes, I'm using a Taylor test kit. And, no I don't know what the PH is...it barely turned the water any color, so I was just assuming it was close to '0' - but I guess I really have no idea. Yes, the water is circulating. We go out and bump it every couple hours...

I'm confused about alkalinity and PH. They are different, but I do I need to raise the alkalinity in order for the PH to increase properly? My PH is so low, it would have taken 45 boxes of washing soda (according to the pool calculator) to get the correct amount. So, we bought PH UP from the...

This is our second year opening the pool. We didn't have a cover on it over this past winter (we live in PA) b/c the cover that came with it fell apart as we were putting it on and we didn't have enough money to buy one at that point. We were hoping to catch it before it turned really green...

We have a 20 by 40 rectangular pool (26,000 Gallons) and are trying to figure out what to do about our cover. We have a mesh cover that was ripping along the seams when we opened the pool. We recently tried to sew parts of it together when we noticed that many of the seams are coming apart...

CYA was the same as the pool store results - around 55.

Thank you so much for your quick replies! Here are the tests we just did tonight FC - .2, CC - .2, TC - .4 These have actually been the results we've gotten for the last week or so (ever since we started using the testing kit). So, I think we need to get our FC up to 3-4, correct...

How do I change the chlorine test using a 25ml tube? Do I multiply the drops by .2 (instead of .5). Then, how many drops of R0003 do I put in (12?).

Okay, we just got our Taylor testing kit and were able to run tests on the water. The tests seemed pretty similar to the computerized tests that Anthony and Sylvan ran last week. I just have a few questions: 1. We are just confused about the chlorine. For one thing, you can't be as precise...

okay - thanks! I'm just curious - is there ever a point that the phosphates/nitrates get to that you recommend taking some kind of action? I guess phosphates can go away on their own, but nitrates never do. Also, this isn't related, but I'm still trying to understand how liquid chlorine...