Recent content by ksbrogers

i am taking some water up today, will post findings, i truly do not understand if you continue to dump shock in your pool where does the FC go? why did it clear up after the phosphate and algae eater was put in?? will post when i have numbers. thank you i find this interesting but confusing...

okay i have shocked, drained some water, shocked, finally went back up to pool store, had phosphates in water i live down the street where they are building a new Lowe's store, so we put phosphate stuff in and some clairifier and some algae stuf and wa la, crystal clear water, but i still have...

okay so all the shocking we do to the pool is making the cya go up? why do the pool stores tell you to keep shocking? these were my numbers 2 days ago and pool store had me turn off my automatic chlorine dispenser and put in alkalinity i then put in some clairifier and the pool is much clearer...

so should i drain some water and then shock again? i dont understand what keeps the free chlorine level up since when i have the water checked its always 0. and this is off the wall what is CYA?? kerry

actually i was reading the pool info when you replied, and it is very informative, i have someone i work with who swears by baking soda and not the expensive stuff at the pool stores, my CYA was 151 when they checked it 2 days ago, i shocked yesterday after all the rain and the pool is much...

okay i am new to this website, i have a 12x24 sport pool, 12,000 gallons, i had crystal clear water until the rains began in july, live in kansas city, i shock shock then its clear for a couple of days and then we go back to cloudy i can see the bottom i have a pool cleaner that cleans every...