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Temp 62 FC 5 CC 0 PH 7.2 TA 150-160:) I vacuumed up a good dose of white/brown sediment yesterday as well as brushed. This morning I brushed again and there is way less sediment than I've seen for a long time. Pool is definitely clearer, but still a bit cloudy from what I brushed up this...

Update - I've done a few gallons of acid by now. TA is at 200. PH has been at 7.2 for 12 hours. Running pump continuously. Pool is clearing but could be just due to settling debris (calcium precip?) We keep having lightening storms at the time I planned to go out and vacuum, didn't feel like...

Update... Sorry I wasn't clear in my post about the OC test - I added more bleach after that test know it was at the low end of the zone. I'm just assuming a drop of 1 doesn't indicate a lot of contaminates in the pool? This afternoon I added a gallon of acid. After an hour ph was at 7.2 and...

I did my OCLT yesterday. Was at 5 and dropped to 4 in the morning, which appears to be fairly normal? Had one gallon of acid on hand - old so I don't know how effective it is - and put it in 3 different dosages. PH had dropped a tad. TA hasn't done anything yet. But I have to wait for stores...

Wow, this is great information. You are all very clear and very helpful. I'll try the OCLT (I didn't even know that was a "thing" - like I said, back to Pool School I go). I'll get myself set for a nice long process.

Another question: as I'm looking for target TA, I see 90+. Well, I obviously have the + part covered! Given how far I would need to drop it, how low is low enough? 90? When my water clears? Drop it by 50 and wait and see? Thanks.

I do have Zeolite (didn't mention it in post - sorry! I have it in my signature but that's really more like an afterthought) I've been ignoring the high TA, thinking it was only a problem if ph was increasing. Apparently I'm wrong:rolleyes: I did add bleach to increase 2ppm today to keep it in...

I know I've done the pool jet, muriatic acid, lower TA before and it took ton of acid and "forever" and I finally read "no need to do this just to hit a target number" so I quit worrying about it and it's been high for five years and the AK never caused my PH to rise. So I wonder why it is now...

Hello, I'm usually a lurker on the forums, always able to find answers to my questions. Been using this method of pool maintenance for almost 8 years after experiencing total frustration over pool maintenance, hence the name "Mood Pool" - that's what my kids started to call it. What's Mom's...

I've been a BBB pool person for over 10 years. Rarely have a problem, and I can usually find the answer here if I do. Search engine isn't giving me a terrible efficient list of potential answers to this one, so I need to open a new topic. I have a vinyl lined in ground pool, 25,000gal, with a...

Re: Help with Installing Pool Safety Line Rope - After the f Not a perfect plan, but when we have young swimmers, we run a safety line by tying it to our fence posts, which are 2' away from the pool on one side and 4' on the other. Alternatively, we also had thought of using dog tie out...