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they ran it all thru a computer.

Okay used the pool calculator and have added everything that is called. Will make the girls wait 30 min before getting in, one more question, the stabalizer takes forever to disolve thru the skimmer any other ways to add it and is it okay for the girls to play while it is in the skimmer? Tami

Here is where we are today. I took a sample of the pool water to the pool store, here is what they told me: Free Chlorine is at 4.0 Combined Chlorine is -3.0 (could someone explain this to me?) Total Chlorine is at 0.9 pH is at 6.7 (need to add borax but how do I determine how much?) Cyanuric...

Alrighty folks, I have ordered the TF-100 test kit along with the salt test kit. No eta at this time. I have spent the last 2 hours brushing and vacuuming the pool. Looks 100% better and water is clear. According to the Aqua Chem solution test kit that I borrowed from the neighbor it shows the...

Okay, borrowed a neighbors chlorine and pH test kit that has the drops that you mix with the pool water. It shows the Chlorine at 5 or possibly higher(I think this because the dark yellow color of the pool water is darker than what the test goes to). The pH I think is above 8.2 because the water...

12:30 pm just did test strip hardness-between 250 and 1000 total chlorine-3 free chlorine-10 ph-7.8 total alkalinity-between 40-120 stabalizer-between 0-50 What does all of the above mean? I think I am on the right track but truly have no idea. Tami

So far, I have put in a total of 4 bags in a 16 hour period. Should I test the water again? Unfortunately, the only way I have to test is the strips working on getting the other kit ordered. The water is looking much better and alot of algae is gone from the sides of the pool. It is looking...

Ingredients on the Aqua Chem Vinyl Pool Shock: Sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione, dihydate--99% Other Ingredients 1%----???? no listing as to what this is. It says available chlorine is 55%

Okay. Here is what we did last night. 1-Somewhere around 830pm I added Aqua Chem Shock treatment, only thing I had on hand. Then I found your sight and read up on the pool school section about treating algae and saw where we would need to be checking it every hour to see if there is a...

My husband and I were looking for an inexpensive but fun pool for our 2 girls, Autumn and Summer. :) We settled on an Intex above ground pool, 16'x48". Now understand that neither my husband nor myself have ever had any experience with a pool that required chemicals or upkeep other than...