Recent content by Bhyturie

Nice job scriptorium... You've got quite the private oasis there. Looks like it may be time for some skinny dipping woops wrong forum ...never mind :rolleyes:

Update - constant testing nightly. Avg loss per 24 hour period appears to be about 2-3 ppm. The last 2 days have been above 115 so I think not too bad. The pool is in the sun from about 6 am to 6 pm daily. I add approx. 1.5 quart daily (2-3 gallons a week) of 10% liquid chlorine. PH tends...

Another quick question - The CH is higher than after the partial refill. Could that be due to plaster debris caused by scrubbing the black algae spots? When I did the test there had been no refill at all except for maybe a 1/2" of rain refill. Presently I have lost about 5" since the water...

Updated Test results FC - 5 CC - .5 PH - 7.2 TA - 125 CH - 525 CYA - 80 Salt - 1400 I immediately added a gallon of 10% liguid chlorine in order to bring the FC up the higher level as demonstrated in PoolMath. I still have some stubborn small areas of what appears to be black algae and am...

Re: A couple of tips I thought everybody knew. Anybody got some I use the water bottle that Leslies supplied me in my pre TFP days. At least it is good for something..

Update - Out of 0871 reagent. its on the way but until then I am still sticking to plan of letting FC drop to 9 and adjusting from there. Testing with Aquacheck electronic device with strips until then. TC - 12 PH - 7.9 Loss during sunny days is essentially 2 ppm. No loss during yesterdays...

Update - Pool is very clear and backwash has not been necessary since the last update. With this clear water comes some unfortunate realizations that I wish to share so that others may learn from my mistakes. A couple of years ago I bought a device that works as advertised. essentially you...

Update - OCLT passed. Plan is to drop FC to 9 and retest all levels. After retest I will use PoolMath to maintain a CSI as close to 0 as possible. CH will be higher than optimum probably 500+. With that in mind I am thinking I will target for a CYA of 80, TA of 150, and PH of 7-7.6. Once PH...

FC is at 25 tonight. I am tempted to start letting the FC drop. the pool looks great (few black algae spots) and the wife and dog are hounding me to open the pool LOL. OCLT tomorrow will tell the tale. Fingers are crossed. PS - got my speedstir today - Love it.

Tested last night approx. 30 minutes after adding the bleach and got a reading of 25. retested this morning prior to the sun hitting the pool and got a reading of 33 FC. Pool looks great. Black algae spots are slowly dissipating.

OK Last night I poured another 2 gallons of 10% Bleach. That's all I had. Tested again tonight and FC was back down to 17... The pool is crystal clear at this point but there is still some black algae on the walls. I am scrubbing that with a metal brush nightly to break open the protective...

Update - last night poured 3 gallons of 10% Bleach into the pool which according to the Pool calculator should have bumped it into shock level. Tested FC again this afternoon and it was back down to 17. Wow The sun and whatever is growing in the pool devoured that chlorine quickly. I will...

In answer regarding to RO question above - Short answer is yes - Personally I considered this option but decided I couldn't wait for the "enquire with company-haggle price-schedule service" process - who knows how long that would take. We are already on the backside of summer and I want to get...