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Okay I will look for one of them. Thanks for the suggestion.

Here is my problem: My 25,000 pool has only 1 skimmer and 1 in ground filter in the attached spa. It has 2 returns to the pool, and 2 in the spa. The main drain has been blocked because of a leak(my landlords idea) I have no way of filtering water in my deep end. I have read that the skimmer...

Yeah I will be ordering it online. I would rather not go to the pool store anymore than i have to. It seems like they are always just trying to sell me some crazy stuff.

The hardness and CYA are both the results off some cheap HTH test strips I got from walmart, and also the results from the pool store that i took a sample to. Im going to buy a better kit today or soon. http://www.lesliespool.com/Home/Pool-Ch ... 18547.html that is the test kit i have now.

i got 32 from the pool store free water test to get the cya, I also have test strips and it shows up at 30 on them. but i try not to count on them because i have read they are fairly inaccurate.

I have a 25,000 gallon pool and it is my first time maintaining a pool. A few questions, I have a Leslie's dpd test kit, and when im trying to test for Total Alkalinity, it says it should turn red when testing the alkalinity. But can never get it to turn red, it just turns pink..than darker...