Recent content by Michellene

I will discontinue use of the smart shock. One more question: should I trust the pool store's CYA reading of 23 in order to calculate how much CYA to add to get to 30? Pool Math said to add 13oz to get from 23 to 30, but 56 to go from 0 to 30. I'm thinking it's better to err on the side of...

Thanks so much for the reply and help! Last Saturday when I opened the pool, I added 2 lbs cal hyp (57.8%). That removed the green in the water (also vacuumed to waste lots of gunk in the bottom of pool). On Monday, the water was no longer green, but cloudy so I added 1 lb of BioGuard smart...

I took a sample to my pool store today and got the following results: CYA 23 Total Chl 3.6 FC 0 pH 7.5 Tot Alk 98 When I tested with the K-2006 I got: CYA (dot never disappeared, test water was clear) Tot Chl: 5 FC .4 pH 7.6 Tot Alk 130 There is a large discrepancy in the TA. I have tested...