Recent content by tlc83191

BTW, I haven't had the algae come back even in the slightest since the 24th... so the bleach has definitely helped the pool stay sparkly clean ( minus the leaves I need to vacuum today)

I got my TA at 50 now, and redid my CYA which is reading 60 now... ph test water is still straight yellow so low ph. I do want to get my CYA a bit lower but I figure I'll handle that next weekend... now should I start working on raising my ph?

Good luck!

I was able to patch a hole in mine with water in it... my first attempt did not work so the second time I went to Lowe's and got the glue you use for pvc pipes (can't remember the name of it now but I will take a pic of it when I get home) and put a 5lb bag of sand on it for a day. It worked for me!

Ok, I'm about to go to work now but I have 4 days off after today, I will drain about 30% according to pool math and refill tonight and add the baking soda, and retest again tomorrow in full sun. Thank you guys! I'm so happy I found ya'll, I had no idea my pool was such a wreck! I guess one good...

Ok, same result with alkalinity so I will definitely add baking soda. CYA- between 80-90 definitely high so should I drain some water first and refill and then add the baking soda? And how long do I wait before I test alkalinity again after adding baking soda?

As I was falling asleep I realized I may have done the alkalinity test wrong... I'm going to redo that again in the morning along with my cya. I did the alkalinity test first and then my chlorine... on this test kit there is a big tube and a little tube... I thought I was supposed to do the...

Ok here is the results so far: Ph- 6.8 or lower the water turned yellow… TA- solution turned red, very low ph and 0 alkalinity FC- 1 CC- .5 Cya- waiting for daylight

Yeah I kind of figured that one could wait since lighting does seem important with that test... I did just do the ph and it is low... the water sample turned yellow so I will pick up some washing soda tomorrow and get the ph under control and start the rest of the tests.�� I will...

Ok, I got my test kit... is there a specific order I should do my testing? I know to start with my ph, but then what?

So the good news is the pool is no longer green... I'm going to Scrub it again today and put more bleach in it. The bad news is I bought the wrong freaking test kit... hopefully the seller will just cancel the order before they ship it... I am going to go ahead and buy the correct one. I found...

OK, will do!

South Carolina, thanks! Would it be better to grab some of the liquid chlorine since it is stronger? It's about the same cost. Also I will order one of the kits online then. I did read a good bit of the pool school, it was very helpful and that's when I decided I should probably get the test...

Hello! My pool has been doing great until about a week ago, it started getting green algae... today I scrubbed the pool down (with a broom, I'm waiting on my pool maintenance kit in the mail) and I double shocked it with granular shock. After finding this website I realized how important it is...