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The PH seems to do okay, on the average I have to add a cup or two per week. It stays between 7.5 & 7.8 for the most part. I haven't seen any problems with the pool or water with the high TA, but thought I'd better ask. Thanks Dave S.

If I have read everything right, I need to add acid to get my alkalinity down. First here is the pool info Pop-up Pool 15'x4' 5300 gallons 1000 gph pump/cartridge filter Last Readings: ph - 7.5 ta - 220 hardness - 220 cya - 40 cl - 4 According to the pool calculator about 188oz of acid will...

Current Readings : PH 7.2 to 7.5 AL 220 HARDNESS 220 CYA 40 CL 1 BR 2 Okay, I know I need to get the alkalinity down. So I need to keep adding muratic acid to lower the ph? By aerating, would leaving the pump run work? Or do I need to add some other type of pump (like a fish pond or...

Thanks for the help. One more question comes to mind....How long after adding muratic acid can people get in the pool? I was told 4 hours after adding muratic acid.

no, the water is not green...just trying to be careful so there is no problems with their skin. My son finds reasons for "burning' of the eyes if the chemicals aren't right. I know it's mainly me, but I have a 7-month grandson who just loves the water & with baby skin being "tender", I was a...

Okay, I bought the 6-way test kit from walmart. Here are my results...... chlorine - 5 br - 10 cya - 45 ph is between 7.8 & 8.2 I don't understand the alkalinity nor hardness test. The end result for the alkalinity is 300 (30 drops to change it from green to red) & the hardness was 250 (25...

The active ingredients in the HTH Chlorinating Granules is: Calcium Hypochlorite 47.6% Other Ingredients 52.4% In the HTH literature is also states this to be an unstabile chlorine. So I imagine this will work to bring up the FAC? Also the test strips I am referring to are the HTH 6-way...

I'm new to this "forum"...but I don't have a lot of money to spend going to a pool place. I had a smaller above ground pool last year 10foot round by 30inches deep & had no problem maintaining the chemicals. We've upgraded to a 15foot round by 48inches deep above ground. I am having major...