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Hmmm, our 6 way test kit only measures up to 5ppm of FC. Turning to mathematics - if we were to dilute it by 66% distilled water, e.g. 2/3 distilled and 1/3 pool water, would I be able to test that and then multiply by 3? It makes sense to me, of course it loses a little accuracy. I'm going to...

Thanks a ton Frogabog. I meant less than .5 FC and less than 30 CYA. There were trace amounts of chlorine, not quite .5 but definitely something, and the test kit doesn't go lower than 30 for CYA. But the CYA level was just a little bit under 30, so I put the 'less than' in there. Sorry for the...

I have the 6 way drop based test kit that Walmart sells, I know it's not one of the three awesome test kits listed in Pool School, but at least I'm not using test strips. Here are the results this morning (after adding HTH Super Sock It, 32 oz of Metal Control, CYA, and a fresh chlorine tablet...

Ok, I'm taking it the slow way for alkalinity. I'd like to keep the pool and yard, thank you Donldson. :) What's high TA going to do to the FAC in the pool? We put a chlorine tablet in a few days a go, I've tested twice since, and the FAC levels have turned up zero. It's probably because I...

I wasn't aware of aeration but I will give it a try. Won't adding the acid over a long period of time just do the same thing as adding it all at once? If the pH is going to get really really low, I think it would be simpler to just make it low now as opposed to later.

Hi, This is my third year running our pool. We have had so much frustration with the thing. We wanted to get the pool open much earlier in the season, but we're only getting around to it now because of really bad weather throughout May and June. We've gotten such limited use out of the pool...