Recent content by irish18

I did the calculations and it would be about 45% of the water that I need to drain. For now I'm returning the pool store shock and will just be using the 6% bleech to shock my pool. We are going away on vacation so I'll hold off till I get back and see if I want to dump the water. I already did...

I read all the info and learned a lot. #1 stop buying expensive chemicals from the pool store. I'll be using the basics from Walmart as suggested by the Pool school. I'll touch base from time to time and let you know how I'm making out with my levels. I should be receiving my water test kit any...

I was hoping I don't have to replace all the water. What I mean by shock is Super pool treat Sodium Dichioro Triazineterione Dihydrate 99% to be exact... What are your suggestions?

I've received my test results and here is what I have... FC 5.4 Total Chlorine 7.1 CC 1.6 PH 7.3 TA 105 CH 234 CYA 93 (again they suggest 30-150 is normal) I used the Pool calculator and it still tells me to replace 45% of my water because of CYA level. PH is a little low so was going to add...

Ok Mod Squad... I just added 5 gallons of bleach based on what the chart suggested. I haven't received my new test kit so I'll run a sample to the pool store just for the test results. I'll let you know what happens.

After I pour in the bleach how long do I wait ti swim and the test again?

Thanks for the info on the bleach.. Yes I use True Green and they do treat around the pool (which I will stop doing). The pool store is Anthony Sylvan and they did say nitrates... They had a special test for it.

Where do I get 6% bleach from? My chart is calling for 4 1/2 gallons

I'm being told it's a nitrate problem... is this the same thing as high CYA????

Pool store recommended range for CYA is 30-150 they told me 80 was ok. My pool has no algae and the water is very clear. Pool store says shocking for high CYA and nitrate does nothing... I'm so confused.

I'm new to TFP and have had a pool for 3 years. It's a concrete pool approx 27,000 gallons. We've been having trouble keeping chlorine in our pool this year. A couple weeks back we were told our Cyanuric Acid was off the charts and we had to dump 40% of our water. I'm still having issues holding...