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Thanks YippeeSkippy. I will get in contact with the pool builder and see what they say about the CH. Pool school guy never showed me how to clean the filter, although I know how to do it from my days as a life guard. I did clean it today so maybe I just washed all the stabilizer out of the...

I'm also new and I think what helped me was actually getting the test kit and then putting the results into the calculator here: http://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html . It will tell you which chemicals and how much to add based on your pool size. Pretty helpful.

Hi all, We just moved into a new home with a brand new pool. Last week I had pool school and now I'm really digging in to try and figure all this stuff out. I got my Taylor kit and tested the water for the first time today FC: 9.6 PH: 7.7 TA: about 31 CH: 84 CYA <30 On pool school day (6 days...