Recent content by phyrphxr

Any thoughts on this ^. Mainly, the rising TA and CH and the TA of the supply water? Should I just try keeping PH down or would there be a best plan for lowering both TA and CH and letting PH rise to where it seems to like to be, 7.4 to 7.6.

The numbers from this morning are: FC 6 CC 0 PH 7.2 TA 150 CH 375 CYA 40 TEMP 86F shows a CSI of 0.06. But, it doesnt take much of a rise at all in the PH to raise CSI a lot, I guess due to the high TA and CH? And I'm guessing the TA has increased because I've drained some water, several...

Thanks, the pool is looking very good, for now. Cleaned the light and the hole it mounts in with a strong mixture of bleach water. Vacuumed out what washed out and fell to the bottom and raised the chlorine level for 3 days. Everything looks to be good. She was getting sand in the pool daily so...

Thanks Joel. I had read 'pull the light' in a lot of threads here but figured since the water looked sooooo much better and the testing looked pretty good, then all had to be well. Not so... Pulled the light and the amount of yuck that floated out of the hole into the 'clean' water was...

After reading the procedures here, and a bunch of help requests and the advice given.....after learning what I could from this forum then nixing the pool store down the street and using only bleach, muratic acid, some calcium chloride and a lot of sweat, here's her pool today. You guys know...

I don't have the dramatic 'green to clean' pictures some have posted, because when I started cleaning up her pool I didn't know I'd end up on a forum such as this for guidance. So....after a few days into "the next door neighbor" project and after the green had succumbed to the chlorine this is...

so this evening, FC 5, CC 0, PH is 7.8, TA is 110, CH is 375, CYA 45. CSI at those levels is 0.49. If I bring down PH to 7.4 and other levels remain the same, CSI would be 0.09. Is it okay to let the CH remain that high? If it continues to rise or needs to be lowered, is replacing water...

After a couple weeks she has a crystal clear, inviting pool. We swam in it a couple nights ago and the first thing my wife commented on was that the water smelled 'clean'. No chlorine pool smell, just 'clean'. This morning the water tested at: FC 7 CC 0 PH 7.2 TA 125 CH 350 CYA 45 Only...

Forgot to say thanks for the welcome here John. Added approximately 15lbs calcium chloride to the water and it increased CH from 120 to 190. After tomorrow morning's cleaning ritual I'll add another 10 to 15lbs and recheck.

Used a nozzle for some robot gizmo to aerate the water trying to raise the PH...before I posted here. Refilling the pool with well water to get enough in it to vacuum it again today. - - - Updated - - - The pool has an automatic cover that's not working. If I can get it moving, would it help...

And on the calcium chloride, is that something that will generally disolve into the water quickly or settle to the bottom? I don't want to vac out anything added. And thanks again, I'm glad I found this place. - - - Updated - - - That shouldn't be a problem at all but I'm sure she's going to...

It was. There are 6 pucks, 3 in each skimmer. Has been that way for at least a couple of weeks and she replenished them as they dissolve. The pump is a 1hp Pentair. The filter is a triton II TR100. So as far as the CYA, would it be best to add nothing and keep replenishing the pucks, she just...

Just ran over and tested chlorine. FC 8.5, CC.5. It is a bright hot sunny day here. There are still (60) Poolbrand pucks in the two strainers, 3 in each. The quick reply is appreciated. So, what's the best proceucre to raise the CH when I'm vaccuming to waste as quick as I can replace the...

Hi. First off, I am not THE pool guy or even A pool guy or even a pool owner. I'm just trying to help my next door neighbor and am probably in over my head. She's got an inground concrete pool that calcs to 28700 gallons. I don't remember the pump size but the filter I believe is a Triton II...