Recent content by EJ797

Reagent is about a year old, stored in my garage. I took a sample to the pool store and it tested at zero cya. I'm thinking the first test was the anomaly. I'm out of reagent any way so I'm going to order more and add some granular stabilizer. Sound about right?

Oh, the stabilizer was about half a year old and had some black stuff in it. Probably should have bought new stabilizer...

I tested my water and the cya level was at 25. I added half a gallon of liquid stabilizer waited 24 hours and now cya is much lower. I can fill the whole tube and still see the black dot. Tested a second time this morning after 12 mire hours with the same result, tube full and the black dot is...

FC 17.5 CC 0 TA 110 CH 250 CYA 0 Did not test PH as the Chlorine was so high. The FC level had dropped to 0 so I was going to SLAM the pool. I Added chlorine last night which is why FC is so high but forgot about the CYA test until this morning. I use the TF-100

I just tested my CYA and it tested at zero. The test was not cloudy at all. I've searched the posts on this site and have seen the threads about the anaerobic bacteria that converts CYA to ammonia. I broke a line a few months back and had muddy water pumping into the pool for a couple of...

Still looking good. Bringing the cya and calcium up after the accidental water change.

Broke my drain line yesterday while working in the yard which resulted in significant water loss from the pool. I was able to repair and get the pool circulating last night. Added chlorine last night once pumps were running again. 8:30 AM FC 22 CC 0 CYA 25 Added a gallon of chlorine and my...

The repair

Between main drain and the valve near the pump...

I broke the pvc line thats between my pump and the drain. Do I have to drain my pool below the break in the pipe to stop the flow?

6:30 AM FC 26.5 CC 0

10:00 PM FC 27.5 CC 0 Tested twice just in case...

Day 12:

6pm FC 33 CC 0

Tested 3:30 FC 37 CC 0 Broke the seal on my second bottle of R-0871...