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Thanks. I checked chemistry - confirmed Lesli’s numbers. CYA now 40 I am able to hold FC at around 10 without precipitous drops. Ph 7.6 Ca hardness 200 Alkalinity 100 The pool is slowly clearing but still hazy and there is this oily looking layer on top (like you see with spilled gasoline...

Hi again. I had to go away so restarting the process. 1. I added some CYA 2. FC is holding a bit better, but water is still hazy. 3. I checked my numbers at Leslie's this morning (I ran out of CYA reagent): FC - 13.7 ph - 7.6 Total Alkalinity - 98 Calcium hardness - 93 (low) CYA - 34 Phosphates...

Thanks a bunch. I use both Taylor and HTH kits - both showed nearly identical numbers. I think ammonia theory may be correct - my pool had this funny odor for a few days and burned my eyes. How do I deal with it? CYA being low - how do I fix this? Drop some chlorine packs?

Opening up our pool in NorCal after long and stormy winter. I did my usual shocks - algae cleared nicely, no big debris. But water is milky white/blue and cloudy for several days now. As of this morning: Free Chlorine 0 (it’s getting consumed like crazy and I can’t keep up) Ph 7.2 Alk 90...

Oh wow this thing works surprisingly well! Immediately collected bunch of leave without even seeing the bottom. Thanks so much for your recommendation. What a magical device that is :)

Thank you. I’ll keep working on that FC. I may have a new nemesis though. I’ve been brushing but can’t see the bottom due to cloud water. I finally was able to fire up my Polaris 380 cleaner (it’s been acting up) and it started collecting bunch of small leaves from the bottom. I am suspecting...

Thank you! I’ll check more often. Out of curiosity - is it possible to overdo chlorine level? What if it goes too high?

An update and couple of questions to the community. I drained about half of water and replaced it. CYA dropped to 30 (yay). pH with fresh water was >8, so I added muriatic acid per chart. pH became around 7.2-.4 I’ve been SLAMing with liquid chlorine (10% from HD or Walmart) ever since...

Thanks for your thoughts. I have Pentair cartridge filter.

Hello, community! Due to various circumstances, we haven't touched our pool since last year. As the results it has turned into a green swamp with mosquitos, ducks and all! It's bean shaped, so kinda funky to calculate the volume. I am estimating 11,000 gallons. Not sure about lining. Vinyl, I...

Awesome, thank you! I'll make sure to read up on each element. Do you feel this is going to last or should I start looking into upgrading my equipment?

Hello everyone! Just bought a house and and it came with a pool. I am brand new to this so trying to understand how it works. It’s incredible to find this amazing community here! I’ve attached a picture of pump setup. I think there are two pumps and maybe two filters? From googling around...