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I have been having problems with cloudiness and started noticing a bit of green. My PH has been running constantly high(8.3) and my TA started at 260. CYA = 40. I decided to shock the pool to clear up the water. I also was trying to bring down the PH and TA. I've been adding bleach keeping...

Using the calculator, I surmised I needed 110 oz of Borax and 4 gallons of 6% bleach to get to 7.4 PH and 12ppm CL. I added the bleach and it's at 12ppm. WOOHOO!!! But I added 76oz of Borax and my PH may have risen to 7.0 It's hard to tell on my red phenol test. It looks to be between the...

I've ordered my test kit but haven't received it yet(UPS says July 5). Anyway, using a 5 way test strip from Walmart, I have the following readings: CL=0, PH = 6.8, ALK = 80, hardness = 400, & CYA is mostly bright yellow but has a brown center on the strip which is supposed to be 30-50. I...

We just moved into this house a month ago. Been busy moving and haven't really done much with the pool. We've been very fortunate. It hasn't turned green and the people we bought from took really good care of it. I've never had a pool before so I'm sure I'll be asking lots of questions...

The little pump that powers my polaris 360 had started leaking at the intake and output connections. I tried last night to replumb it. When I cut the PVC leading to it and started unscrewing both connections I noticed silicon caulk around them. I had a feeling I knew why they were there, now...