Recent content by CHAOSMom

Well, according to the test strip: TA: between 180-240 FC: 1 pH: 7.2 CYA: 0 I entered these numbers into the calculator on this site and things got very confusing. The container of CYA says to add about 4 lbs., but the calculator said to add 6 lbs. The calculator also said 0 for TA, because...

While we're trying to figure out how much of this and that to put in to balance everything out, is it safe to actually be in the pool?

Thanks Rynd96 & Patrick! I've read through a lot in Pool School before, but I'm off to read again...never was a good student, lol. ;)

I'm back! I posted a while back for the first time when we first purchased the pool and I was all paranoid about the installers. Everything worked out great and the pool is finally up and running. Now, to get the chemicals all figured out... We put 8 40lb. bags of salt in the pool and...

Hi! Soo glad i found this site! We just bought an AGP from The Pool Factory. It's the Salt Water 8000, 15x30 size. It's sitting on a huge pallet in my driveway. Everywhere we shopped around, they gave us the name of only 2 installation companies. I didn't like the sound of 1, and I'm...