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Ok, got that, now how do you regulate how much bleach is put into the pool water if I'm using say 6%?

I have been reading about The Liquidator and was wondering, how do you know when to add more bleach? Do you have to drain some of the water/bleach mixture out each time you refill?

So if I did this correct! According to chem geek and my pool is at 500ppm salt and I need to go to 2000 then the pool calculator tells me I need to add 215lbs. of salt. What kind of salt would be recommended? So what exactly would the salt do in this situation to help reduce eye and nose...

When I was in last night I noticed my nose really burned after going under also. My son says his eyes really don't bother him it's just his nose as well. Is there anything I can do to help this?

They have been burning since the first time they swam a week ago. Nothing out of the ordinary that I can think of. Some days it seems the FC drops more than others but never below 4.5 or so and it's usually 5 to 6 then we bump it back up to 8 as our target. I did add about 3 to 4 inches of water...

My numbers seem to all be good but my family is complaining that their eyes are burning from the pool water. Anyone have any suggestions? FC=5.0 just added 106oz. of bleach after we got out today CC=0 pH=7.8 TA=110 Ch=120 CYA=55 pH is usually what causes the eyes to burn isn't it? Thanks for...

Thanks guys for all the feedback. That is what I expected the replies to be but just wanted to make sure. I just tested FC and it's at 10 this morning and pH is 7.8. We did have a lot of flying debris, grass, pollen, and such in the pool yesterday as well as a large intertube that I use to keep...

I've had a target of 8 for my FC for the last week or so and it has been dropping to 6 or so, yesterday it only dropped to 7 or 7.5 but was an overcast day. Today it was around 90 and pretty windy, also the first day the kids got in for a couple hours and when I checked it this evening it was...

Yeah, my FC was prior to adding bleach. I have a target set at 7. Should I up my target to 9?

Here are my numbers after 8 days of the BBB: FC=3.5 CC=.5 pH=7.6 TA=100 CH=130 CYA=60 Do I need to go ahead and add some calcium chloride to get the CH up or will it hurt to leave it as is? Thanks to all who helped! This BBB is definately the way to go as far as I'm concerned! By the way my...

Just tested water and here are my #'s FC=10 CC=0 TA=100 CH=120 CYA=60 pH=7.6 I guess I still have some algae since the FC dropped 1.5 from 11am yesterday and we have had ZERO sun? Am I correct in that assumption?

I just bought (4) 182oz. jugs of 6% at Dollar General for $2.50 per jug. I thought that was a pretty good price!

I just checked the water and it doesn't appear to have gotten any better over the past 12 hours or so. I paid a little better attention to the color and it's more of a grayish color. Funny thing is that earlier in the week the water was cyrstal clear with dirt on the bottom, so I guess all the...

I don't have the ladder in yet but I could see the wall about 12" below the water line earlier this evening. The color is probably best described as a pale chocolate milk. It honestly just looks dirty. I replaced the sand in my filter before starting up Thursday, I just hope I got it all back...

Here are my latest numbers: pH = 7.3 TA = 110 CYA = 60 ( I didn't have my glasses on and the lighting was dim last time I tested, I think it made a difference ) FC = 11.5 CC = .5 My water is still pretty cloudy. Last year my water was fresh, how long will it take for the water to clear up? Just...

FC 2 cc .5 TA 20 PH 6.8 or lower CYA 75 CH 150

My PH is like 6.6 my FC is 2 and my TC is 20 . I went to the poolcalculator and added the bleach that it told me to. I will get some Borax and baking soda in the morning. Am I going about this correctly?

Ok, copper and iron tests revealed zeroes for both. I got my TF-100 test kit yesterday and didn't get a chance last night to test the water yet, however in the past couple days the water has turned green on the bottom. I do have my pump/filter going now but have yet to add any chems to it. Can I...

As far as the TF100 is concerned. THey have some options available that are new this year. Are any of them necessitities?

So for BBB starters would getting say 4 jugs of bleach, 2 boxes of baking soda, and 2 boxes of borax be a good place to start so I have some ready when my test kit comes. I have a hardware store in town where I can get basically any pool chemical ASAP if needed. I will order my test kit today.

I tried to get the iPhone app from the Pool Calculator site but it said something like the item you requested is not available in the U.S. store. Does anyone know where I can get this app, or does anyone have one that is the equivalent that works? Thanks for the help!

I am going to be getting the Copper test here in the next day or so. Is there like a "start up" kit/list of supplies that I can go ahead and buy so I am ready? Thanks!

Ok, will do! By the way I was going to ask earlier, about what would you expect me to spend a summer for chemicals using the BBB method. I know it depends on rainfall ammounts and a lot of factors but just a ballpark estimate is fine! Thanks again for the help, I look forward to gaining a lot...

Thanks for the info. Where can I get a kit for the copper test?

We put up a new pool last year and used the Aqua Smarte system that Wason's sold to us. We really didn't have any problems what so ever with that system but from what I'm reading here the problems are yet to come. My question is how difficult would it be to convert over to the BBB system after...