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Just wanted to give a huge thank you to those who helped me get up to speed. Got a great BBB system worked out now and pool is looking gorgeous! Stumbling upon this site has saved me so much money...and saved my sanity as well :)

good plan. thanks! after I get the CYA/FC ratio working, I'll hit the TA.

Testing this evening and TC is down to 1 (FC = 1, CC = 0) It's getting pretty hot here and my pool gets direct sunlight all day.

Yes I used the powder. My FC was 2.5 and CC was 0.5. The water is crystal clear right now, looks gorgeous.

duraleigh, you mentioned that I might want to shock the pool once I got TC to 3ppm and CYA to 20ppm. Is that still your advice? My current readings this morning: pH: 7.5 TC: 3 TA: 190 CH: 180 CYA: 20

will do. I've got two nylon sacks of CYA in now, 2lbs each, one in the skimmer and one in front of a return. Chlorine levels are finally coming up :)

ahhh good point. I'll plan to add the CYA and more bleach tonight.

so at 11:30am I added 35 oz of muriatic acid and 100oz of 8.25% bleach and left the pump on. I got home at 6pm, the pH is down to 7.5 but my TC is still 0. I'm assuming that's because I didn't add any CYA yet and the Arizona sun ate up the chlorine.

ok, pool is drained and refilled. Test results of new water are as follows: pH: 7.8 TC: 0 TA: 190 CH: 200 CYA: 0

The two factors I'm basing water replacement on are these: 1. The previous tenants reported that they worked with a pool service that recommended water replacement because they only way they could keep a chemical balance in the water was to use/waste tons of chlorine (because it disappeared so...

Excellent, thanks again.

wow, what a quick reply! thank you! I've read the ABC's, and just wanted to know if there was a recommended way to get things going again from scratch. I'll post the test results after refilling and start with the pH and chlorine as suggested. By the way, your test kit is AWESOME.

Hi :) I'm new to this forum/community, new to a rented house with pool, new to BBB method but not new to DIY pool maintenance. The assessment after moving into this house and testing the pool water with TF-100 Test Kit is that it needs to be drained and refilled. It's a swamp, the water is...