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Yes. That is the plan. And I appreciate all the help! I promise to stay out of the pool store. And I'll follow the SLAM instructions. But I'll probably still have questions. Thanks for the help!! :)

Good point. I should have gotten that one. Thanks.

Thanks so much for your help!! :D And yes, great idea about the 5ml line. As I was testing - I was thinking - I'm going to run out of drops on my first test!! I'll post an update asap. thx!!

We are new to owning a pool. Our pool guy just kept telling us to add more chlorine. The pool store - same thing - and we kept doing it! On the test strips it was 10. But I finally bought a kit and tested in more detail today for first time.

Thanks Pat!! Yes, I tested the FC twice. The first time I used the 25ml line, but it wasn't clearing up after 70 drops. So I used the 10ml line, and it took 73 drops to get clear. For the TA - I first used the 25ml line - but after 40 drops it was not turning red. So based on the...

Hello! Pool very cloudy - Finally bought the good test kit - but it seems like my numbers are way off. The numbers seem so far off that you'd think I'm testing wrong - but some tests I did twice - and I think I did them correctly. FC - 36.5 CC - 1.5 PH - 8 ALK - ?? couldn't get the test...

Thanks Yip, and PrarieGirl, I've bought a good test kit, and will update with the results. thx!

Hi, I just bought a house with a beautiful gunite pool. I've learned so much from working with it over the last few weeks, but still have so much to learn! I'm in south eastern Mass, and I hope to be able to get a good handle on running this pool by myslef for most of the year. thanks...

Hi. This website has been great to help me along with my (new to me) pool. But I'm still having a problem with cloudy water. Current test: Free Chlorine - 10 Total Chlorine - 10 Alkalinity - 100 pH - 7.2 Hardness - 100 After the pool was first opened by the pool guy - it started to turn...