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Ok..thanks! I went to our local hardware store and bought a jug of muriatic acid. It does not say anything about concentration. The label says "safer muriatic acid". Is this the right thing?

We are done slamming, passed an OCLT, and have clear water! Now I have done my 1st complete set of tests and not exactly sure how to proceed. The last 4 readings all seem high and I'm hoping I can get the CH and CYA down with our winter drain and spring refill. But what about the PH and TA? FC...

Should I be concerned that my chlorine levels are still really high? I tested when I got home from work and my FC was 42. I am going to do an OCLT test tonight but my gut feeling is that I will pass since I only dropped 3ppm in 24 hours. My water is still blue milky/cloudy but getting...

I would say it smells like the laundry room and my test results indicate no CC :) Here are my test results, FC 45 CC 0 CYA 65 Yay!! Yes...it's high but much better than the reading of 96 from the pool store!

Thank you for the encouragement! Really needed that today! Funny thing is that I'm not seeing much rise in pressure. I put new sand in this spring. I did backwash last night but did not see hardly any brown water coming out. I will try the overflow method and look into DE. My Taylor 2006 test...

Sorry for not starting my own thread...now I know :-D So..I need to maintain shock level until my pool is crystal clear? I'm milky blue right now and can barely see my brush at the bottom. Just asking since I've been through 50 bottles of bleach already and on day 4 :shock:

Split by moderator from HERE. Please ask questions in your own thread. Thanks, jblizzle Ok...I'm a newbie at this method. I came to this sight in desperation since my hubby said if we have one more summer with this many times of green water the pool will be bulldozed! I have been reading...

I know my CYA is very high. Year 1 (2011)and most of year 2 (2012) we were sold stabilized shock and 3" pucks. Since I was a newbie to pools I used it and by the end of July 2012 I was draining my pool over halfway. I had a CYA reading of 50 on June 18, 2013. They told me to use a cal hypo shock...

I'm new to BBB but rather accustomed to green water. Yes..I have been pool stored for 3 solid years! My water is green and getting worse each day. The pool store says to floc and i realize this may help my CYA levels but the other results are questionable. I ordered the Taylor k-2006 but it...