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    low alkalinity and high ph

    GREAT NEWS!!! I can actually see the vacume head, can't see bottom yet, hoping to see it tomorrow. If I had found this site in May, we would have been swimming by Memorial day! It hasn't been easy, & I needed a TON of bleach, but we are getting there. Scrubbed the walls, FC still at 11, CC...
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    Any idea on the gritty wall stuff? Brushing it all off. Calcium? I am going to let the FC come down to my target, test again & make sure I am balanced. Thanks to ALL. Feel like we are almost there, Test kit was the best pool purchase ever! Was looking back at all my pool store papers-test...
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    Wondering if the gritty stuff on walls is calcium precipitate? Didn't have it before shocking. High FC, Ch, & ph together can cause it? Started at 7.2 ph, before shocking. Ph 7.6 at FC 16. TA was 110, CH 290-300, light blue-no purple (b4 shock). Added the Improve(4oz) at 4pm yesterday. Called...
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    Thanks! Just found some gritty stuff on the walls while brushing. My CH was 290-300, when I did the test(TF 100). Light blue-no purple. Really couldn't say what all I added from pool store this year. Over $400 chemicals in 2+ months. Could this be part of problem? I have Improve(polysheen blue)...
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    Passed overnight test again, & CC only took 1 drop. Pool still cloudy blue. Run filter 24/7 & vacume? Do I need to shock anymore, no green since July 31.
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    Passed the overnight test, but the cc is still 1. Had alot of rain last night. Pool still cloudy blue, have not seen any green at all for about 5 days. Do I still shock with the cc at 1, yesterday cc was 1.5. The FC level has only dropped 2 since this mornings test 7am, half sun today, 2pm now.
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    Only lost 2 FC again in overnight test. CC still 2.5 Still cloudy blue Any ideas, can't seem to get nylon fitted on skimmer Ran the CYA test again, got 35 this time. Hardest test. So I am gona up my FC level For 24 hours-see what happens.
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    [updated] Still milky water! Please help!

    Hi, I am very new to this site, but I was using the same products as you. I just got my TF-100 test kit july 29 & started using. Even though Our problems are different, still boils down to wrong test numbers from pool store & VERY BAD ADVICE! Started opening my pool in may & never got my water...
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    GREAT NEWS!! Cloudy blue, no green yesterday or today. Lost electric yesterday from 9am-630pm. No fan, no pool=HOT DAY! Only losing 2 FC overnight test-getting closer!!!! Bleached all hoses! Problem, not catching all the fine stuff when vacuming. Goes right back in pool. Clean cartridge...
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    Algea in vacume hose

    Soaked hose in chlorine water, and hosed it out-looks brand new(inside & outside). Threw it in the pool, FC at shock level Cleaning up green algea, checking every possible hiding place. Bleaching everything.
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    Algea in vacume hose

    How do you get all the algea out of vacume hose? Not much, few spots here there as far as I can see.
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    Worked a double last night-lost some ground. FC 12 at noon yesterday FC 8 at 1pm today-brought up to 12 FC 11 at 3pm-brought up to 12-full sun today. Plan on testing again & again & again today, vacume tonight again Plan on FC 12 after sun goes down for overnight. PH 7.2 TA 110 CH 290-300 CYA...
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    Just added more bleach! My filter has a high & low speed- Runs on low 24/7. I vacume on high-is this right???? Brand new cartridge, Hayward green missle
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    Ran all test again, read extended test kit CYA 30 TA 110 FC 8.5-adding 182oz bleach going for 13 CH 290-300 light blue no purple Ph is 7.2 Should I try to raise the Ph to 7.4? Or is it ok till I get done shocking?
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    low alkalinity and high ph

    TF-100 test results CYA 30 TA120 FC 8.5 (adding more bleach) Ph 7.4??? Last pool store number. CAN I TEST Ph With HIGH FC???? CH 300??? How do you know if you have copper? Got med/dark pink, not red. Did the test both ways & used 30 drops both times till blue(what color blue?) When adding the...