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I have a large pool (100,000 gallons). I'm doing some window shopping for a good cleaner. It looks like there used to be a booster pump in there for one or more pressure cleaners before I moved in. I don't necessarily want a pressure cleaner but the plumbing for it is there... Anyway, would...

Fc 2 Cc a lot Ph 7.2 Cya 45-50 I used the last of my dichlor last night. I'm in a good place there. Sorry didn't have time to use the new test kit this morning. Suffice it to say, I raised my ph yesterday an now I have tons of cc and an even more cloudy pool. While this makes me extremely...

I'm keeping a close eye on the CYA. It was super low before and I was losing 2ppm overnight and 10ppm during the day. I was going through 10 gallons of 12% bleach a day. According to The Pool Calculator, 40lbs of dichlor should raise my CYA by 24ppm. My CYA was below 30 and in one of my other...

Yesterday Night: FC 12.0 CC 0.5 PH 7.2 This morning 2 hours after sun rise: FC 10.5 CC 1.0 PH 6.8 TA 90 CH 190 CYA 35 I didn't lose much of my FC overnight but there's still algae on the walls and the deep end still looks green. I'm guessing the dichlor I used to shock the pool dropped my PH...

FC 3.5-4.0 CC 1.0-1.5 I got the test kit! I haven't put any chlorine in since last night so it must have been shocked at the time. Still brushing and vacuuming. I put in nylon knee high stockings on the skimmer baskets today too. I relay hope I am able to see the bottom soon :(

Re: DIY Giant eraser with trichlor puck - saw here somewhere I was thinking of strategically attaching 2 or 3 trichlor pucks to my pool brush using rubber bands. Rubber in general is supposed to be pretty resilient against chemicals. Worst case, it'll last a while then snap. I'll let you know...

So, I put in another 10 gallons of 12% and spent 3 hours brushing the pool. Hopefully, I'll see some improvement tomorrow morning.

>5 FC 0 CC 7.2 PH 60 Alkalinity 190 CH < 30 CYA I haven't received the test kit yet so I don't have exacts. I can say that since the 18th I've used nearly 40 gallons of chlorine which is about 8 gallons a day so even if I lost 80% of my chlorine daily I should have remained at shock levels. I...

Current Condition: Brown algae on walls, cloudy water, greenish deep end. Time line: Day 1: Dark green, < 1 foot visibility Day 2: Light green, < 3 feet visibility Day 3: Pale Green, < 5 feet visibility Day 4: Pale Green near walls and whitish near bottom in the shallows, pale green in deep, <...

So I let it run over night. There's still a significant amount of algae and it's still cloudy but I can almost see the bottom of the shallow end. I can't tell if I achieved shock but at least I'm winning the battle. The FC is reading over 5 when tested normally. I did the diluted test and got...

Sorry Jason, I'll try to stay on topic. The reason I mentioned that I was using dichlor was that it would raise my CYA up but I did get off topic at the end there. chem geek: My pool is residential. I would love to have a SWG. However, we're planning to move out soon and this season is half...

I tested the FC/TC just now (2 hours after adding more chlorine): FC: 12 (4*3) CC: 0 TC: 12 I think I'll let it sit overnight and check it out tomorrow morning. I would love to invest in that test kit but even if I order it today, I won't get it for a few days at least. If my pool is still...

I wish they would just engineer some bacteria that feeds on algae and then decomposes once it runs out of food.

I used 1 part pool water 2 parts Poland spring water and got a reading of 2.5. Going to pour the rest of my dichlor in there after doing a backwash. Edit Don't think the dichlor will be enough. Putting the bleach in too.

I have to warn you ahead of time I'm using a Leslie's DPD test kit which only gives me "accurate" readings up to 5ppm for FC and CC is a guess based on color change and the CYA test doesn't tell me anything about the CYA below 30ppm. 100,000~ gallons > 5 FC < 1 CC > 5 TC 7.2 PH 60 Alkalinity...