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Here's the update. I had a crisis at work and didn't get to add anything in that night. The next morning it was back to blue with some settlement on the bottom. Not much just a little. So basically I did nothing and it corrected itself. I have since raised the FC and the ph and am working...

Thanks for the help. Teens around here would never do something like that! I guess it's a possibility but I have dogs so I'm leaning toward no on the kids. I'll get the FC and ph up and see what happens.

Monday-Beautiful blue sparkling clear water. Just getting into the swing of pool season again but very proud of BBB 48 hours after removing cover. Still running filter 24/7.[attachment=2:2k6oblre]bluepool10.jpg[/attachment:2k6oblre] Tuesday evening thought the sun was flashing off of it funny...

Well Jason it did come back, literally overnight. We swam yesterday and I told my wife that the water looks a little less clear today and we decided to go to the pool store and get some more metal out to add today. Woke up this morning and very yellow pool. Went to the store got the stuff...

It Worked! I have victory over what started as the blackest swamp you can imagine! I will be my daughter's hero! Thanks Jason for the advice. The girl at the pool store had no idea what I was talking about and handed me a bottle of sequestrant I purchased and went home. I didn't fully read...

Thanks for the advice, I am having to use the calculator method on my test kit as it only goes as high as 5. There is a difference there between the FC and TC but I question whether it is really 5 points. Any brand name suggestions on the sequestrant?

Here are the particulars: FC 10 TC 15 PH 7.6 TA 90 CYA 60 First post and first question. Here is the back story. We bought this house at the end of last season, August. I did not get the pool closed and we have a monster 110 ft oak 12 ft away from the pool. Obviously TONS of leaves in the...