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Why would you say I havent completed the shock process?? If you are taking when I say the level is coming down, I meant that the chlorine level is coming down. It should not stay at 16 all the time right.. It has to come down to my range of 3-4ppm. or else it would always be at 16 right??

Okay so the pool is now much better. I held the chlorine shock level up there and it is slowly coming dfown. It is now showing a dark yellow color and not orange. Two questions. 1- When can the kids go in the pool. 2- I now have spots on the bottom of the pool that look like sand but when I...

@ Richard or anyone else, If my chlorine level is at 1/2 about how many gallons of liquid chlorine will i need to get the level up to the 16 or so that is reccomeended for shocking for a 30000 pool. And someone asked about the gallonage, thats what the pool company has the gallons listed at...

I just went out and rechecked the numbers. (hth test kit from walmart) I checked thew salt with a strip that turns from brown to white. they seem to be pretty accutrate. ta is 70 ch is 130 ph is 7.6 fc is in the box 1/2 ( i used both test strips and the usual kit where you fill the tubes with...

I have an inground 18by 36 pool with roman ends. 30000 gallons of water. vinyl liner, cartridge filter, pool pilot swg 1 3/4 pump. No heater. I woke up today to some algae on the bottom and on the walls. My salt level was 2500 so i added 120 popunds of salt to bring it up according to the...

i do have a swg. it is a pool pilot digital 220. the company recommends 60-80 cya.. what should i have it at???

Can the kids go in the pool as it is in the skimmer dissolving???

Can you put the full 4 pound container in a sock and leave it in the skimmer basket? Also what kind of sock? Can you use a tube sock?? what about panty hose?? I put about 2 pounds directly through the skimmer and noticed my filter pressure went from 14 to 16. Thanks for the advice.

I tested my cya and it is at 30. I would like to raise it to either 50 or 60. using the pool calculator it tells you for 50 add either 80 0z by weight or 83 oz by volume and for 60 either 120 oz by weight or 125 oz by volume.. I have a 30000 gallon pool. A few questions. I bought a 4 lb...

So then my numbers are good other than raisng the cya a little. When should I be testing the water. according to my above post. Before the filter turns on, while its running for a while or right after it turns off?? Please let me know. Thanks!!

i took the readings this morning at about 10 am. The pump runs from 11:45 am to 6:45 pm daily. The SWG is at level 2 and usually says purifier 100% or purifier 90%. The sun is over the pool from around 11 am to about 5 pm. it gets pretty much sun all day . there are no trees to give shade. the...

I have an inground 18 by 36 vinyl pool with 4 foot roman ends on each end. so technically 18x44 3 1/2 feet in the shallow end to 8 feet in the deep end. The pool company that installed said it holds 31000 gallons of water. I have an auto pilot SWG and a mod media cartridge filter. No heater. I...

i am using a test kit that only requires the 5 drops first then the second bottle for counting drops and then multiplying by 10.

I was checking my pool with my test kit and when I got to the CH test, I added the water to the bottle and when directed to put the 5 drops of the I believe the forst was titrant, the water should have changed to red. It did not change to red after the 5th drop, so I put it a sixth drop and it...

The only reason with the calcium is that I know the equipment might get corroded if the water doesnt have enough calcium in it. I was told the watrer will look for the calcium in the motor, pump, filter,swg, etc. Isnt the cya at 55 a little low???

So I went out to the pool and cleaned up the leaves and twigs and mulch that were in the pool and brushed down the walls and skimmed the top. I tested the numbers with my test kit. Here they are below cl 2-4 range ph about 7.3 cya 60 alk 75 ch 150 salt swg says 3200 i also went to the pool...

filter running all night and pool is reading about 3ppm on chlorine so i am hoping all is well!!! Thanks for all the help.

I just came back from walmart. only store opened for stabilizer. it was hth brand, it was stabilizer and conditioner. It says 96 % cya and 4 % inert ingredients. i am hoping thats fine. let me know. it also said run filter and dont backwash for 48 jours.. does that mean i have to run the filter...

I cant catch a break, after all the stuff ive been through the last couple of days, i finally finished putting the 350 ppounds of salt in and then hear a whirling noise. I go to look over the fence(6ft) and I see my neighbor is getting his lawn fertilized. I can smell it in my yard now. The wind...

okay back from the "bad" pool store, here are the results free cl 6.6 tot cl 6.6 cc 0.0 ph 7.8 hardness 138 akalinity 104 cya 31 copper 0 iron 0.03 nitrate 6ppm phosphate 300ppb salt 1400 ppm Okay say they suggested i add 25 pounds of calcium because that low it can corrode metal...

The liquid shock gallon that i used says omega pool and spa chemicals super shock It is made by buckmans. it says 12.5 % sodium hypo chloride 87.5 % other ingredients They tested the cya by crushing a tablet in a test kit ----the square tube one( like the one you test the chlorine in) and then...

filter running for 19 hours straight now. 2 gallons of shock were added at 6 pm last night. i have a 30000 gallon igp. i called biogard because i wanted yet another opinion, i know again dumb move but they said about the small amount of algae on the sides, to brush it and if it comes off like...

Also where do i get FAS-DPD test from>?

i had my swg in boost mode and it wasnt producing any chlorine. I called pool pilot also to see if maybe the cell was bad and he also stated that due to the nitrates no matter wha i did to the swg, even if i juiced it and it was about to explode it wouldnt procuce or it was producing chlorine...

18 by 36 vinyl with two roman ends so maybe 18 by 44 give or take. swg pool pilot digital 220, mod media cartridge filter. ok so over the weekend I had a problem with the pool. on july 27th, pool water was crystal clear, numbers perfect that night we had a ton of rainfall in about an hours...