Recent content by Mtuccolo

Yes I do you have the one with the powder that gives you the exact amount of free chlorine and combined chlorine by counting the number of drops. I didn't realize my test kit didn't come with that so I bought it separate. I have to test the pool water tonight so I will post numbers then.

I have the dpd chlorine test with the powder for exact chlorine numbers.

We have a 5000 gallon aboveground Intex pool. We live in Georgia and when we got this latest storm our pool cover blew partially off. We noticed our pool was growing bugs and was completely green. We hadn't been adding any chemicals to it over the winter. So I started the filter back up and...

Thanks! That makes sense.

Hello :) I need some help. I'm losing too much FC every day and I can't figure out why! 7/4/16 FC 2.5 CC 0 pH 7.8 TA 100 CH 180 CYA 50 I added 3 cups 6 oz of bleach to increase FC to 7 (it increased to 6.5 later that night). I added 6 oz muriatic acid to decrease pH to 7.4 (it keeps rising...

I'm following the trouble-free pool formula for success and I have a few questions. 1. My CYA is a normal range but went down about from 50 to 45. I thought the only way To decrease cya was water exchange? 2. My pH recently went up from 7.6 to 8 what causes the pH to increase? I did add...

OK I will look into ordering just that test. I'm using Tropiclear pucks. And I will check out that calculator because according to the chart on this website my FC needs to be ideally 6. - - - Updated - - - No, no salt water generator. I just have a cheap cartridge filter that came with my...

So my FC sky rocketed (10-20 range) due to pucks and my CYA is 50. So I took the chlorinater basket out like 3-4 days ago. I know pucks aren't part of the program, but I already bought them. Here are my numbers from today (K-2005 test kit). My question is how do I know when/how much liquid...

Thanks! Yes the water is crystal clear. I didn't realize not to use pucks because they add CYA. I will still plan to use them because I have a whole bucket so I will have to keep a close eye on things! I use a k-2006 test kit. Ok thanks for answering my testing question! - - - Updated - - -...

FC too high? We just setup our pool on the 16th (this is our first pool) and our FC is 7.5-15 according to my k-2005 kit. I brought in a sample of my water to the pool store today which I know isn't completely reliable but he told me their machine read the test strip as 8.6. Do I need to do...

We purchased a 15' x 48" Intex Ultra Frame pool and setup on 6/16/16 using a garden hose that has city water. I have never owned a pool before and am only going off the research I've done on this site. I've been running the pump about eight hours a day. I have some questions listed after my...