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I have a 20,000 gal. inground vinyl liner pool. Do I have to worry if my calcium hardness level is low? Also, I just opened my pool yesterday and along the crease of the liner(where the wall & bottom meet), I have what looks like some rust stains. I shocked the pool and look like everything...

Re: balancing questions I opened my pool a few days ago. I shocked the pool last night using bleach. Pool is inground 20K gal, vinyl liner. My current levels are FC 10.5, CC 1.0, CYA 35-40, T/A 120, PH 7.2, water temp 67. I checked my FC this morning and it was still at 10.5. My CC level is...

Re: pool closing question How much polyquat is needed to close my pool(vinyl, 20k gallons)? Also, Does it have to be polyquat 60??......and where can I polyquat...Leslie's Pool Store.....Thanks so much.

So is it typical on hot sunny days to lose approx. 3-4 ppm. of FC from morning until night? My FC this am was 7 and and after a hot sunny day today and swimming, my FC was 3 at night...I added 182 oz of bleach(6%), waited 1 hr and my FC was 8. Does that seem right that adding this amount of...

Re: cya level My cya level usually is between 30-40(hard to tell when that black dot totally disappears)....I did the overnight drop test and I did lose approx. 1.5 ppm of FC.....I shocked my pool(bleach 6%, 2 182 oz containers) at night and after 1 hr. my FC level was 12. In the morning my FC...

Re: shocking question & FC Levels I did a overnight drop test last night. My FC level was 6 and this morning it went down to 4.5. Tonight my FC level was 3.5. my cya has been between 30-40. I added (2) 182 oz. each containers of bleach at 7:40 p.m. to shock my pool. I re-tested my FC level...

Should I add a container of bleach every hour, then test my FC level, until my shock level is 15?

Re:overnight drop test My current levels over the past 5 days are FC 4.5-5, PH 7.5, T/A 140, CYA 40, water temp 76 in a 20K vinyl pool. I use bleach(6 %) for my chlorine, I usually add 182 oz. of bleach every night to my pool. My FC level was averaging between 4.5-5ppm and I was adding 182 oz...

Re: TA Level My current levels are FC 4, PH 7.5, T/A 140, CYA 40, water temp 76 in a 20K vinyl pool. My T/A levels have consistently been between 120-140. Whenever I take water samples to the pool store they say everything was good, except my T/A level is low and I need to add 12lbs to raise...

Re: water sampling questions I've had the TF-100 kit for approx. 2 weeks.(nice eay to follow instructions). My current levels are FC 4, PH 7.5, T/A 130, CYA 40, water temp 76 in a 20K vinyl pool. Question #1: My T/A levels have consistently been between 120-140. Over the past 10 days I took...

Re: maintaining fc level while on vacation My current levels in my pool are FC 4, CC 0, PH 7.5, TA 130, CYA 35, temp 76 in a 20K pool, vinyl liner. To maintain the FC level if I go away for 7 days, should I put some pucks/sticks in my skimmer?....or any other suggestions?

Thanks for the advice. I added some chlorine last night, took a sample back to the pool store, and all my levels were good.(without adding anything to the pool for my "high" phosphate level). Also, since I just opened my pool this week and all my levels are good now, is it necessary to add any...

The pool store said my phosphate level is too high(500, they said it should be around 300) and is eating my chlorine(they said chlorine level was 0). I've read on here that phosphate level doesn't matter. Should I add anything to bring it down before I add some bleach?....or what should I do...