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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Hey guys pool is doing great i cannot believe how you all turned it around like that. Looking back i feel like an idiot now that i know what i know. Still got alot to learn. Am switching to saltwater soon if you have any advise please advise away..Thank you.. OH you know how al. ch all those...
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Okay I do remember reading that now.. What i meant about the block broke was the chlorine. They were calling it a chlorine block or demand and anyway my TF 100 is doing great ,I love it, that made me laugh.. What do you want me to do now? I think were almost there now,I am seeing some light...
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Okay there are alot of post that are not on here and should be.. The block broke . I had to go to the pool store to get alk. because EVERYONE is out of baking soda. Let them go ahead and test my water and there's said TC 4.8 FC 3.9 PH 7 TA 105 So yesturday my TF...
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    When you say" measure "the fc you mean test right ? Is there another way to test for fc becasue i dont have alot of fc testing solution left..
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Hey Richard, I have put roughly around 45 gallons of bleach in the pool in the last several days i just added about 5 more and five earlier so in the morning i will check and see.. I have drained it down to bottom of step twice and i would of gone all the way down but they said it could damage...
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Honestly Richard we have anywhere to 6 -18 kids in our pool all the time ,and always have for years ,so I do not think this is because of them. I think that chemlawn got fertilizer in it somehow. Where he does his job is three feet away from the pool with a mess cover... Anyway Richard I see no...
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Results of ammonia is 0.25 dont know wha that means.. Keep pouring in the bleach and its not working..
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Okay off to another store.. This is crazy huh ? Have any of you had or at least had someone with this much trouble trying to get there free chlorine up.. and no chemgeek my pool is not clear. it was until i had about 15 kids in it all weekend . Thank oyu all so much.
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Jason i put all the test results in and the first thing i do is change the gallons in top left and start the results from there.. I put in 7.2 cya 30- ta 200- fc4 ( which i think is way wrong) cc 5 and ch 120 and ran mouse over for results and it said none.. Jason the test are very...
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Jason the calculator is telling me no bleach added Jason just for courosity i used the yellow dropper test to see what it had to say and it never turned one shade of yellow. And my free chlorine,how can it be a 4 and my cc a 4 and my pool look like it does.. And the calculator says add no...
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Okay after doing the test a second time I can see where my numbers might have been of from a drop or two,I learned that the drops can come out fast.. Ph-7.2 Cya-30 Ta-200 Fc-4 Cc- 5 Ch-120 I really dont see how the cc can be right when I did a dropper test to...
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    and Yes to answer someones question yes i have had a chlorine demand..My water was extremly cloudy until i started using bleach and i put some heavy duty stuff in it before all this to get it up but no luck.. now my water is going a little cloudy but every ones eyes were killing them..Hey...
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Chemgeeks chart has always confused me.. So will 9 gallons of bleach brake the block , and test 8 or so hours after that..I remember someone saying i had to keep it there for a while..... Why if there is suppose to be "no chlorine" in the pool is it killing our eyes no big deal just thought...
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Okay my mesurements are 18x36 10x11 3ft.in shallow and 9ft in deep.. Vinyl.. The direction I have been given to get that free chlorine up is to keep it at shock level ,well how high is shock level and how long do I keep it there.
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    Tired and in Tears... Chemical blocks and kids

    Hey Jason The links are great now I cannot get chemgeeks but i think i can get buy without it.. I love the calculator but its calculating that i have 44000 gallons of water. Davids is going to give me his trick iand i will mesure after but in the mean time I have a 18x36 L shape liner pool ...