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Thanks - wanted to confirm that was the case. I actually put a foam bottom in the old pool that was in the same spot but it was an afterthought and I'd already laid down fresh sand. It was several years ago so I don't even recall how much I used but I probably just lost a bit of depth. I was...

Hi all, I tried searching and reading through prior discussions on the topic but it seemed like most posts were of the either/or variety. I am in the process of installing a new 15x30x54" AGP. I plan to use foam board from Lowes, 3/4" thick and a foam cove. I was wondering how much sand to use...

Yea, that's what I'm in the middle of replacing. I started with the main section and have it probably 3/4 of the way replaced, as it was in the worst shape. Then I got the bright idea to cover the rail, as in the photo I posted, but make the covers parallel to the current rails so removing them...

So this may be a really dumb question but is the top rail necessary for the pool I described/pictured? The reason I ask is this- the deck that was built around it (came with our house) was in need of some repairs so we started cranking away on that. Well, they built the deck over the top rail...

I feel like I'm in the same boat- keeping my pool at shock levels for a couple of weeks and fighting a cloudy pool. This is my 2nd year doing TFP. It doesn't take long for my pool to go from dark green to cloudy gray but getting all of that gray junk out is a real process. I know it's not highly...

Follow-up. After blindly getting all of the leaves, etc off the bottom and passing the OCLT and having 0-.5 CC, the pool was still wicked cloudy. I was backwashing daily, things look clean via the sight glass. The filter pressure doesn't seem to rise above 15 (or maybe I just wasn't giving it...

Well, I realize I didn't wait a week to test the CYA but the test is definitely showing some CYA now. I've only lost .5ppm of FC since 6AM this morning which is much better than normal. pH is a little low now, tA looks good. Pool still looks horrible. Very low/almost no visibility. Patience I...

So yesterday evening I was down from about 22ppm of FC to 1ppm. I added approx. 30ppm of stabilizer (I got a bottle from the pool store, argh, and it was only good for 20ppm so I used some from the batch I had last year to get to 30- a different unopened bucket, so hopefully it was OK). I'm...

Sorry, I wasn't very clear either. I have performed the test twice in the last week and received the same result- 0. I just didn't have faith in that because of my results last year (0, even after adding a bucket of stabilizer). I actually added the stabilizer in 2 parts last year, not all at...

I just assumed it wasn't working (last summer) because I added around 4lbs of stabilizer and never got the dot to disappear doing the CYA test. It's possible, according to Jason, that I just had a bad batch of stabilizer. I'm afraid to add more though in case I'm just not testing right (I've...

I will re-do my test for CH (because I didn't think it was that important for a vinyl pool). The one test I did registered very low, like under 50. I will also do a little more research on scaling. It certainly isn't coming off easily!!! If I rub my hand on the wall hard enough I can get it to...

I cannot, for the life of me, get an accurate test for CYA. 10k gallons, vinyl, above-ground. Last year when I bought my kit, the CYA test did not register after multiple tries. I added CYA (I forget exactly how much, enough to get it to 40, via sock).Tested sometime later, no reading. So I went...

So I tested again today at 1PM and FC was down to 8 and now it's down to 6.5 which would be a loss of 4ppm. Hmm. Still not sure how my tests (more than one) and a second opinion could result in zero CYA (until I added the last dose, yesterday, causing it to register with my Taylor K-2006 test)...

Thanks for the advice! For reference, here's the stabilizer I bought and who I bought it from (found the link on these forums): http://www.dtydirect.com/Pools-Spas-amp ... tioner.axd Hopefully the other pool store has the drops I need to test FC because I'm nearly out :( Attached is a...

CH tested at 190. A little on the high side but is within range according to PS. FC seems to be holding much better now. I believe I only lost around 1.5ppm overnight. Of course after being off limits for the last week, the wife and kids want to use the pool today. Everything is OK except the...

K-2006 Some good news. Only lost about .5 pom FC since the last test (before 6) so hopefully it is starting to stick. Should have ordered more reagent before the holiday though.

Also...I did get the CC down from like 6 to .5 so some headway has been made. The cya thing just baffled me.

I'm doing it as often as I am able. I've used probably 15 bottles of 6% and several packages of leftover cal-hypo. I've nearly run out of free chlorine reagent from testing so much (since last Sunday). I was following the shock guidelines...hitting it once an hour or so (in the evenings) -...

Here's a pic of the water from today. The net is touching the bottom.

Yep. 100%

The bucket has 4lbs of cya. Used the same amount/brand again today (4lbs).

Before adding a bucket of cya this afternoon: FC: 10 (had dropped about 2ppm since this morning) Cc: .5 Ph: 7.2 alk: 110 cya: 0 I'll usually add enough chlorine before going to bed to get it to 10-12ppm and it'll drop down to around 2ppm by morning. Just went to the pet store and they...

After some more research on the forum I found a lot of posts pointing to the possibility of ammonia. I called the local pool place and they seemed baffled when I asked if they could test for that ("is this pool water?" "what's CYA?"). So now I'm on the hunt for a good ammonia test kit I...

So I added 4lbs of Nava Stabilizer last Friday (I was out of town at the time so I had my mom slowly add it to the skimmer instead of having her attempt to use the sock method). My test kit kept reading 0 but since it hadn't quite been a week, I let it slide. I went ahead and took a sample into...

First, so happy to have found this site! I've read through pool school and numerous threads and the info has been very helpful. I've spent more money than I want to think about trying to get my pool from cloudy to clear- relying on the pool store to test my water and sell me a solution. I have...