Recent content by Hawkeye80

This is perfect. Exactly what I needed to know. Thanks a bunch.

Thank you very much!

1st things 1st... FC: 5.0 CC: 0.9 Ph: 7.4 Alk: 90 CYA: 40 Having a pool party and hoping I can avoid SLAMing my pool (worried FC won't drift down to swimmable level in time). Water is crystal clear. I passed FCOLT. I use the BBB method and my numbers have been very stable. However my CC jumped...

Perfect. I just added bleach to bring my level up to 8ppm as per the chart. The PoolMath calc is pretty much the coolest thing ever. Just like the chart the pool store would give me but better since now I actually have accurate test results!

Thanks for the advice. The water looks perfect. I did not SLAM yet. i was using the oclt to try to determine if it was needed. A deep cleaning of the filter is now on my to do list. I will raise the chlorine levels up. Are levels of 5-10 ppm safe to swim in then I assume? The info that the...

One more piece of info... I have added DE and backwashed. Did not seem to make a difference.

1st off thanks to everyone on this board. My wife told me I was seeing more of the girl at the pool store than her...and she was right! 1st a little background. Purchase a home with an in-ground pool last winter and opened it about 5 weeks ago. My 1st time owning a pool. I found this board...