Recent content by jst81

so drained about 60-70 % pool yeserday, refilled, added yellow out and 1 gallon liq chlorine 3 hrs ago, just tested 5min ago FC 1.5 7 PH 80 TA 50 CH 60 CYA now yellow out directions say wait 12 hrs before adding 1 gallon more chlorine, then another 12 hrs after that? should I get that up to...

vit c left on 4-5 hrs did nothing, so what will get rid stain, fiberglass pool

puck about 5-7 min , vit c tablet 1-2 min, I'll try longer with vit c,, and I'll try majic eraser as well, works great on stove top also, I'm done with pucks, granules, pool stores, my god soemthing different every time they speak and none say same thing, like throwing darts in the dark thanks...

yes the puck was like writing with chalk, but faded quickly and stain came back, should I try maybe more than one tablet? like a handful and see what happens I was asking after drain/refill is using yellow out was ok, with liquid chlorine,, last time I did drain, used it and dichlor, worked well

about how much salt does liquid chlorine add , like using dichlor 1ppm , CYA was .60 added for every 1ppm of dichlor added, thanks pool store! just concerned my TDS will jump up after drain/refill and bleach has no salt? am I correct just 6% compared to 12% LC, so double bleach

so just did vit c test, stain did nothing, so what now? I'm going to drain pool to 70% because of CYA Friday , whats best for startup like this, actual liquid chlorine or just bleach or combination of those 2 . Plus get ph in line would be second last time i did drain, used "Yellow Out or...

correct, need to get the Vit C tablets, thought I had some in house, of course all gone

thanks, the puck test, was odd, I could basically write my name in brown spot, but then within moments if faded back to brown, although it looked lighter, today it looks the same as before puck test, no visible residue on floor but did take 30-45 min for water to clear and had sweeper wrking as...

yes dichlor, ok I'll get it up when I get home tonight, draining pool this weekend and try again from looks of it

yes Taylor FAS-DPD K2006 kit, being new to BBB method, I didn't have enough bleach on hand, so had used the granules a few times to bring up FC, FC has been steady 4-5 for past 2 weeks, PH 7.4 sometimes going lower to 7 in same time frame, just TA is/has been high and I don't want to add a acid...

my TA is 220, yet PH 7.4, FC 4, CYA is high 120, CH 230, 10k gallon in ground fiberglass pool, had been use BBB method for past few months, and I used cholrine granules 3 times in past 2 months as FC levels dropped below 1.5, 2-3 oz at a time just to spike it back up, unusal warmer weather...

So been a few weeks now since dupped by pool store, been using the BBB method suggested by several folks here along with "pool calculator" , however testing water every day and TA is way high, while others are within range, yesterday FC 1.8 PH 8.2 TA 290 CYA 30 so yesterday added weight wise...

Re: Just had to drain more than half, because TDS was over 2 thanks again but do I need to drain pool again, when I switch to BBB method, took tab floater out of pool, will there be any issues using BBB without pool drain if readings are all in ranges now? just tested chem again a few min ago...

Re: Just had to drain more than half, because TDS was over 2 thanks for the advie, now if I could get pool calculator to work, I try to enter numbers and nothing?

Re: Just had to drain more than half, because TDS was over 2 ok so then whats the course I should be going? What your recommendations? besides reading pool school, what do you use to treat pool?