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I drained my pool a little more than half way. Took about 5 hours with a .5 HP sump pump. Three garden hoses and 7 hours after that, the water was filled back up. I let the pool pump circulate the water for about 7 hours and did another CH test. I started at about CH 1600 ppm and after the...

I guess I will drain and refill. 18 months ago I did get an acid wash on my plaster when the pool was drained. Maybe that's what is causing the high CH. Thanks for you help everyone!

The only chemicals I added to the pool in the last 18 months have been liquid chlorine and acid. I believe I used a shock to raise my CYA from 0 to 30 when I first setup the fresh fill but that's it. So at this point can I raise the CYA and address the low TA levels and try to get one more swim...

I just did a fill water and current pool water test: Fill Water: FC 0 pH 7.4 CH 250 TA 140 CYA 0 Current Pool Water: FC 1.0 <-- I'm going to add liquid chlorine right now pH 7.5 CH 1300-1500 TA 20 CYA 0 Do you recommend a complete drain, refill and setup? Also, it's only been a year and a...

Sorry. I meant CH not TC. My CH is 1500. I have no idea how my levels got there. I am going to test my fill water today, maybe tomorrow. Where should I start? I would prefer not doing a refill because of my plaster but I guess I can do a half fill. Should the focus be getting CYA up, then TA...

Hello, It's been a year and a half since last refill and setup. I haven't done a complete water test since last year. Getting ready for the new swim season and my recent TF-100 test results are off. I live in the Las Vegas desert. Water is clear but my plaster isn't the best. I have some...

Any suggestions for dive equipment that's inexpensive and will allow me to work underwater for 20 mins or so? Thanks!

My fill water is: FC = 0 CC = 0 PH = 7.5 CYA = 0 CH = 275 TA = 150 I add acid about twice a week now. Usually 1/2 gallon at a time. Just depends on my PH reading. But I try to keep it around 7.5. So instead I need to get my PH level down to 7.0 and let it come back up to 7.6 and test and...

Great article. I will watch the videos later. So, basically, do nothing and let them reform until they stop growing and then sand them off? I will do a chem test on my fill water this weekend. Should I be doing something about my high TA? Thanks!

Hi all, I have been the owner of this pool for about 2.5 years. This last summer we started noticing staining forming randomly all over the plaster. It's look like penny, nickel, dime and quarter size brownish dirt rings. Then after some time they start to form a whitish rough scale-like mound...

Could I use dichlor to keep the FC level at 3ppm to gradually raise the CYA level to 30-50 instead of using dry conditioner? The pool temp is between 70-80 as it is cooling down in the desert. Or, is that not recommended? Of course once I raised the CYA level to 30-50 I would stop using dichlor...

Hi yall, I just completed my first fill and test. I have listed my numbers below. Any ideas on what to do next? I am a little concerned about the TA level. I was thinking I would first buy some dry conditioner and add about 4 lbs at first and let it run in a sock in the skimmer basket over...

Sorry for the dumb question, but what's a cleaner valve? Is that the paramount dome-shaped valve? Thanks.

I had to use tinypic to upload the photo since this thread has exceeded the image file size limit. Link to pic of paramount valve: http://i65.tinypic.com/9gka4g.jpg

I have replaced the O-ring and pump basket cover. Good news, that fixed the water spurt when the pump is shut off. So, I believe that small air leak is fixed. Also, I have replaced both the return jet and suction-side Jandy 3-way value O-rings and diverters. I applied a little lube to all...