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    Low CYA and black algea

    I hadn't tested for awhile and these are the results: Cl 12 cc.5 PH 8.5++ ch 750 Al 100 CYA 20 Tests were done this morning on a somewhat cloudy day. I have added 20 oz or so of muriatic acid and will test ph in another hour. Ch has always been high, its the CYA that I'm concerned about...
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    Wasps

    In one of my previous posts the wasp problem came up and how to stop them from coming to the pool. I brought this up with the pool store guy that I get my HASA chlorine from and he recommend an all purpose algaecide from All-Clear. He said one of the ingredients, dimethyl benzyl ammonium...
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    Daily CL Loss

    Last year I would have to add 33-36 oz of chlorine each night to maintain a cl of 7. This year I have to ad 56-63 oz ea morning. Almost double Took this test at 12:00 today: ++ CL 6.5 CC .5 Ch 500 this down from 600 TA 70 CYA 35 PH 7.2 Should add more stabilizer to increase CYA and...
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    New Test

    I finally did a test on the pool. Over the last 2 weeks or so I have been adding approx 60 az of chlorine each nite. Got to thinking about it and remembered that I used to add 28-30 oz per night. Today I had quite a few people in the pool and the following are the results: Cl 4.5 at 5.15PM...
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    1st real test

    I finally got the new regents and did my test (TF100 kit]; FC 2.5 cc .5 CH 475 TA 70 PH 8.2 CYA to the top of the bottle 10?? I add chlorine at night, usually enough to bring FC up to 7. I have had past problems with PH but it runs 7.5 to 8.2 Historically CH is in the 350-375 range...
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    1st full test in a while.

    I haven't done a full test in quite awhile as I have been adding 42 0z of 12.5% chlorine every morning and approx 25 oz of muriatic acid every 4 days. This morning I saw some bloom on the surface of the pool cleaner,. I was going to to a complete test but it started raining. until now. Here...
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    chlorine testing

    In 2 months I have used one bottle of the R-0870 and have used half of the second one I bought. I was testing chlorine every day and then went to every other day. I also have the K1000 kit and am wondering if the chlorine level showing on the test is as accurate as the using the R-0870 test...
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    Ph rises overnight

    Last nite I did a test for FC and Ph. The resultys were Ph 8.2+ FC 2 I added the necessary MA and Cl and retested PH 7.8 FC 6.5 This morning after running the pump all night I got the following PH 8.2 FC 5 I lose 75% fc during the day. Is the continuous high PH causing this? I will be...
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    High CH

    Did a test the pool this morning and have the following: FC 6.5 PH 7.5 -7.8 CC 0 CH 350 TA 140 CYA 50 I did a check of the FC yesterday morning and the FC was at 2 and PH at 8.2+. Added chlorine and MA per the poolmath and the above are the results 24 hours later. Last complete test was done...
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    FAS/DPD test vs Taylor K1000 chlorine test

    This morning doing both tests, I found that the K1000 test showed chlorine level above 5. The FAS/DPD test showed the chlorine level at 2. Ph was above 8.2. Why is there such a large difference between the 2 chlorine tests??
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    1st Test

    Here are the results of my first test. Its not pretty. Fc/Cc no reading as I put 35 drops and it never changes color. CH 1375 TA 230 CYA 100 CL 5+ (orange color) PH 8.2 My pool usually takes about 1 cup of muriatic acid a week, I added last Sunday. At that time I slammed the pool...
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    New to TFP

    Just wanted to he and am looking forward to getting my pool in swimming shape.. I ordered the TF-100 and the twirler. Both got here last Wednesday and did my 1st test this morning. I will post the results in the pool test forum.