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Hey all, I got this test delivered last week and I am having a heck of a time getting it to work. It is the first time I have ever had trouble with any pool test. Here is what I am doing: 1) I am using a test tube that came with my TF-100 test kit to get 44 ml. It almost fills the tube to...

I don't understand why anybody would recommend dumping ammonia in a chlorine pool. Ammonia and chlorine produce very bad things--Chlorine gas, nitrogen trichloride, and hydrazine to name a few. There are many threads on this forum about people trying to get SMALL amounts of ammonia OUT of...

...even your dog won't jump in. [youtube:fm31boqd]rEwo7PUNuhk[/youtube:fm31boqd] EDIT: Taking a hint from Richard below, I used the "youtube" button to embed the video. Thanks Richard!

Re: **** Ducks Are fireworks legal in Virgina? Noise is what you want. Noise scares them away. Can you set up a loud gong to go off every hour? Your neighbors will love you.

Welcome! You have come to the right place. You have been suckered by your pool store. 1) Stop going to the pool store. Don't put anything you bought from them into your pool until you know what you are doing. 2) Since you seem to have so much money to blow :-D , order a TF-100 test kit from...

Re: Just had to drain more than half, because TDS was over 2 Make sure you have entered your volume at the top and at the bottom you have put in Suggested Goal Levels from TroubleFreePools and your other relevant information.

Re: Just had to drain more than half, because TDS was over 2 Hey jst81, these people know what they are talking about. No BS here. Since I found this place I have had ZERO trouble with my pool. Here are the steps you should follow: 1) Buy a good test kit. I use the TF-100 as do many people...

Re: Want to raise pH via aeration for TA lowering - get air My pump lid has a black o-ring around it that I can replace for a few bucks. It rests in a groove around the plastic lid. Suppose I bought another o-ring and cut a half inch out of it......

In addition to all the rules for supervising children, one rule we enforce with gestapo-like fervor with ALL guests is: NO GLASS by the pool!! We have a whole set of plastic mugs, plastic wine glasses, plastic tumblers, etc. just for the pool. It took one broken wine glass at the bottom of...

With zero stabilizer in your pool, all you really have to do is keep a couple ppm of FC in your water during the height of the sun. Shock level for 0 CYA is extremely low. chlorine-cya-chart-t2346.html You have to be careful though because the combination of sun and Baqua residuals will eat...

You are making excellent progress! If you keep on top of it, and keep cleaning your filter after an appropriate rise in psi, you will start to see rapid improvements in water clarity from here on out. My pool was basically clear after 3 or 4 days, but it took 4 more days to finish the...

All the time! But only at night. Partly for neighbor privacy reasons but also because I'm a very light-skinned redhead. I burn with waterproof SPF 50 on. And there are certain parts of me that I just don't want to ever get burned...ever. Never ever. Ever. Never. Ever.

Re: I now realize I have no idea how big my pool is. Here is my completely inaccurate WAG: Average width: 14 feet. Length: 38 feet. Average depth 5.5 feet. Approximately oval. Pool calculator gives 20,200 gallons. This feels like one of those games where you have to guess how many M & M's...

The reason why your pH tested high was because you had an FC reading over 10--in your case 13. When your FC reading is high, the pH test always reads high and is invalid. To accurately measure pH, your FC must be below 10 or so. Also, the "daily test" for chlorine you are using doesn't go...

Congratulations on your decision to convert! You will not regret it. Test strips are usually not accurate at higher chlorine levels. You could dilute your pool water 2:1 or 3:1 with distilled water to get a more accurate FC reading until your test kit arrives. Don't use tap water to...

We have bats just about every night we are out in the pool and we love our bats! They fly very close to the water but never hit us in the head--veering away at the last second. Here in Illinois all 12 bat species are protected. It is unlawful to kill them. And just last week the hummingbirds...

Go Illini! Here in Illini-land, water comes out of the tap with a CH of 60. People have to constantly add CH to their pools--well, those with plaster pools anyway....

Ewww! Nasty! Keep hitting it! You might want to think about a skimmer sock to catch some of the stuff before it gets to the filter so you don't have to clean your filter as often. Nylons work great. But you can experiment with all kinds of material. Just make sure you don't restrict the...

Oh good! It would be great if you could post a picture or two. These conversions are often colorful and exciting shows!

Yeah, I had a heck of a lot of fun doing the conversion. I just dug out my old handwritten conversion logs from last year. Over the course of the first day I added 21 gallons of 10% chlorine. That is equivalent to 174 ppm chlorine for my pool. And that is only in the first day! It wasn't...

Add as often as you can! Every 30 minutes is good for the first day. The more time you spend at 15 FC the faster the conversion will go. When I converted last year, I was a maniac for four straight days--testing every hour for 96 hours. I was swimming after 6 days and completed the...

Here are the CDC recommendations for HUMAN feces in the pool: http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/pdf/swi ... ations.pdf A quick google search showed that dog feces has a lot of the same bacteria/pathogens in their stool as humans do. Two big issues: 1) Was it a formed stool or diarrhea? 2)...

All rain is acidic because it is in equilibrium with atmospheric CO2. The pH of "pure" water (no CaCO3 or anything else) in equilibrium with the atmosphere is 5.65. You can see the calculation here: http://ion.chem.usu.edu/~sbialkow/Class ... 0Acid.html Obviously this fact has little to do...

llang31ll, while you drain, please post pictures of the areas of your plaster surface that has been breaking off if possible. How big are the pieces? How many? How often? How prevalent is the problem?

I'm sorry I can't give you any advice regarding draining/refilling/hydrostatic pressure/cave-in because it is something I would be less than calm about too. :pale: Also, hunks of plaster coming off leaving divots can't be a good thing at all. Yes, it might be time to call in a professional...

You have a plaster pool. I have no experience with draining/refilling plaster pools. One of the experts here will chime in tomorrow about draining/refilling plaster. I'm pretty sure chunks of it shouldn't be breaking off. :shock: As for the shocking process, do it AFTER you have completed...

You are a quick study! How much sun do you get on your pool? If you get a lot during the day, you will want to eventually be closer to 50 ppm CYA. But if you want to start at 30 ppm that is good too, especially since you are going to probably want to shock your pool after you refill. You...

It does indeed. Honestly, the vast vast majority of all pool water problems are corrected with Pool School and a good test kit. The odds are very good that your pool chemistry isn't special or unique and you will be in charge of your pool in no time. :)

CYA is cyanuric acid, also known as stabilizer. It is measured in parts per million, abbreviated as ppm. All pool level tests are reported in ppm--except for pH. As for the CYA test strips, I have never used them and don't know anything about their accuracy.