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If your ready to throw in the towel on products... you could have the pool drained and acid washed. Btw, did you move into this house with this problem? or did it develop over time?

There may be a few more steps than your bargaining for... your transferring an above ground "doughboy style" pool? You may want to inspect the inlet/outlet gaskets, skimmer gasket, 4ft coving sections (recommended to use, instead of sand) and Coping strips. Maybe this can help...

btw, store 1 is probably the closest... You do have low alkalinity and calcium hardness.... Fix the alkalinity for sure. If you really care about your intex pool and plan on having it for years then raise the calcium. Low calcium will damage the liner slowly over time. Chlorine over 4 damage...

lol, the different readings kills me. Goes to show the how simple messing up a test can be. SOO many things to pay attention to when doing the test right. One time i kept getting weird alkalinity readings even though all the solutions were new. I was refilling them from larger containers...

If you kept that current balance your Saturation Index would be in the negatives (acidic water) and destroy your fiberglass pool over some months maybe a year. Cobalt is used to manufacture a fiberglass pool, the Acidic water would slowly break this down and release it into the pool to react...

I know a lot of people here oppose high cya, but a lot of salt water systems require about 60ppm cya! Getting CAC every night suggests Organic/Inorganic waste. Usually a dirty/older filter media. Did you know shocking with chlorine actually can increase inorganic waste?! if im not mistaken...

Re: Celebrate or start pouring...pH readings from different You might be having funny Ph readings due to a false alkalinity reading. Its very odd that each kit tests differently though. This may suggest one of the is bad. Remember that CYA levels above 60 need a 1/3 of the value subtracted...

13 Month old reagents can be the cause of false results... Curious, can poolrx, Nature2, or Frog mineral purifiers be a source of metal ions causing this as well? Chelating the water with 25oz @ 16kgal bottle of Natural Chemistry Metal Free or various others can only help. Be absolutely sure...