Recent content by Woodstock

Thanks Texas Splash. The water is clear and I am confident the testing was done properly. I did it twice to confirm. Will review the lowering of TA page and report back. Have a great weekend or what's left of it!

Hello everyone. We made the vac thing work like PAGirl and vacuumed the orange goo to waste like I used to do with my metal wall pool. Thanks for the input on that. We did have to add some water to make up for the vacuuming which may be why the CYA is now low? The kit arrived and the numbers...

Question about how you have the returns hooked up? What parts/adapters are needed? Thanks as I have just acquired a new 20" Ultra Frame round and would like to upgrade to the nicer pump system with skimmer.

Still waiting on the good test kit. PH - 7.8. There is an orange goo that settles out on the bottom of the pool. Going to attempt to vacuum with a battery operated vacuum system this afternoon. Having owned a real pool for 16 years in my past and now messing with this Intex without a good way of...

Got the drop test kit and added cya as suggested. Following other instructions as directed. Any other advice for now or wait on advanced test kit? Thanks to Texas Splash and PAGirl for the responses.

Thanks for the starting advice. I will do as suggested tomorrow and report back with results. Getting a simple test kit should be no problem so I will do that as well. Thanks so much for the help.

Seeking advice on a new pool start up filled by well water. 20 foot round Intex above ground. Test kit on order. Water is filtering. Have test strips. What should I do while I wait on my kit to arrive?