Recent content by poolnooob

Well they didn't bother to ask. I have been in this house for three weeks, and my landlord said he uses the trichlor tabs ( but he called them chlorine tabs) in his pool. So before I did my own research I picked up a bucket and tossed one in the floaty. So there is trichlor in the pool, but I...

After adding 2.5 gallons of chlorine, my FC is 5-10' and the cc test shows no change. Is that good? Lol

Great, thanks for everyone's input. Its starting to sink in. I have another question. From what I've read so far, a higher cya level will require more chlorine to be as effective as less chlorine in a low cya pool. So common sense tells me to keep the cya on the low side, to save on...

Ok, I added 26 ounces of muriatic acid, and the ph level came down to 7.5. TA is 90. I will begin adding chlorine until I get to 4ppm, is this correct? My cya is at 50' so I'm told. FC test still shows 1. I've been reading up a bit in the pool school, but I'm not understanding something...

Thanks for the info, I'm reading up on it. Here are all the test results that I can provide at this time. TA 100 FC 1 TC 2 CC 1 PH 8.2 (comes down to 7.8 with 2 drops) CYA 50 (or so the nice lady at the pool store says) My plan, unless otherwise instructed, is to add 2.5 gallons of...

Pool store says CYA is "down to 50". They sold me 4lbs of stabilizer, and 2.5 gallons of chlorine. I also picked up 1 gallon of muratic acid, but they said I dont need to add any. So, if my CYA is at 50, and given my previous test results, how would you treat this pool?

I was just about to say, I should have checked here before buying a test kit. The k-1004 only tests for FC, CC, ph, and TA. I've updated my signature to help you help me, but how can you help me, if I cant provide you with the necessary test results? Looks like I may have to take a water...

As my name states, Im new to this. I just moved into a house and have yet (3 weeks) to add anything except for water to the pool. The water level dropped under the skimmer, so I had to add several inches of water to the pool. I bought a taylor test kit online, because I used to clean pools...

Adding Chemicals. Using some calculator I found online, I think I have about 16000 gallons of water. I had to add water to the pool this week, and have yet to treat the water. Using the taylor test kit, it looks like the ph is high, about 8.2, and the chlorine is in the 1-2 range. It took...

Thanks, I will look into installing a collar or weir. Both valves for main drain and skimmer were wide open. I slightly closed the main drain valve and that seems to give the rover more umph. How can I estimate how many gallons of water are in my pool? I just got a K-1004 test kit and need...

Thanks! You just saved me a huge headache. My brother (who is also a pool noob) tells me he uses some kind of splitter in his skimmer to run both accessories. I imagine sharing one vacuum source isnt the beast fix, but it may be my only choice. Short of replumbing... The biggest problem I...

Hi, I was just wondering if I can remove the pvc plug under the skimmer basket in order to run both the skimmer and the "great White" vacuum cleaner at the same time. I have two valves coming into the pump. They are labeled SK and MD. Skimmer and main drain i assume. Is it safe to run the...