Recent content by Tally324

After two days of draining and three days of refilling, my CYA is now at a manageable 50. I'll post full test results later, but I thought I would share the pool progress after two days of SLAM! Pabeader: After reading your comment, I realized that the filter is in fact a DE filter, not...

Catanzaro: You're correct, I diluted 50:50 to get the CYA reading of 180. I just repeated the test with 2 parts tap to 1 part pool water, and got test results of 60 PPM, which confirms the 180 reading for the pool. Should I aim for a CYA of 60? This pool receives sun most of the day. I was...

Hello! I'm excited about moving into a rental home with a pool, but have managed to turn the pool into a swamp in less than a month through my inexperience. Based on what I gather from Pool School, I need to drain the pool before attempting to fix the algae problem since CYA levels are too...