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Thanks Jason will do!

I have a concrete pool.

Hello all, So this is my first year opening my pool after closing using the BBB method and it looked great after removing the cover! My readings are as follows: Cl - 0 pH - 7.5 TA - 100 CA - 60 CYA - 20 Temp 60 degrees What/where do I need to purchase to raise my calcium levels? (I have...

Pools been drained and refilled. This mornings readings: FC - 5 (10 drops, using 10ml sample this time :-D ) CC - 0 pH - 7.2 TA - 120 CYA - 70 CH - 140 Will continue to vacuum the sand little by little using the DE in the filter to trap most of it. Also, based on the picture of the whole...

Oh wow. I guess since the other tests used 25 ml samples I must have "seen" 25 and not 10. Thanks for looking out! Back to draining.

I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but c'mon! So I did my readings this morning and they're staggering: CHL - 54 drops x .5 = 31.97 :shock: the CC's stayed a "dirty" clear. Did not turn pink at all. pH - 7.5 TA - 140 CYA - 140 (I did the diluted test, 1/2 pool water 1/2 tap water, and the...

Oh and as for the filter/sand issue, the play sand was put in to the old DE and was pushed into the pool at that time. The new filter had pool grade sand purchased together with the filter and that is currently in the Hayward. For my CYA levels to have gotten that high, what chemicals have I...

Thanks for taking the time to respond. It started off as a great morning-the pool looked amazingly better. The PSI had increased significantly overnight since adding the DE and all the additional cleaning it did so I wanted to backwash before I left for work and add more DE. Then my hose decided...

Re: Slime Bag Some night time pics and the "debris/sand" I have also noticed that blue specks are being caught up as well. It looks like the pool wall is chipping away too...

Re: Slime Bag Ok so I ran the pump/filter all day, came home and backwashed/rinsed the filter, added 1 1/2 cups of DE through the main skimmer, and then attached knee high's to the skimmers to start catching some of the finer particles. Next I took my water sample and my readings are as...