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I don’t leave aeration on - only when it is time to raise pH. I also wait until ph gets to like 7.8 - turn off aeration - put acid until it tests ~7.0 - then start progress over. I will try your way. Mayb the quicker cycles is what I am missing. According to TFP borates help with pH jump and...

TY. Is chlorine best at 7.5% of CYA? I have read 5% as well.

My water of origin is naturally high in TA. I am currently trying to lower my TA to ~80 so I can add borates. I have this issue often. Once I get to about 120 it just doesn’t want to move anymore. I added borates last year with TA of 120 because I couldn’t get it down more. Absolutely love the...

When I ask Google to calculated gallons for an 18’ x 56” AG pool does it take in to consideration it is only filled to ~ 50-52” or is it calculating to a full 56”?

I use a Taylor kit to test. My iChlor 15 is not indicating high salt. It is reading 4250. My salt is good light is green. It is indicating it is producing chlorine (the icon is circling). Cell light is green. Flow light is green. I do not rely on anything but my Taylor test kit for levels. I...

I am unsure what happened but it is irrelevant at this point salt is 300 over max can I use the next month of top offs to get it down? I just got my TA down and added borates levels are great except for the salt

We have no pets. And the buffering effect is what I need. I was concerned about my equipment and the comfort/safety level of the water when we swim. From my reading I thought I was okay but always need reassurance when it comes to the equipment. An investment well worth the enjoyment but an...

48 hours ago I weighed all the Borax. I measured the acid and according to a strip my borates wound up at 80 rather than 50. Is this a concern? I am doing a TA adjustment to get TA a little lower. I am using MA down to 7.0 and the fountain to bring it up. I did borates because I had terrible...

I have been at 15ppm fc for about a week (been trying to get it down from over 30 for about 3 weeks) TA is currently 130. Have been working it down from 220. Current pH 7.6. Constantly wants to creep up. Not running my salt cell. It has been rainy cloudy and very cool for the last 30 days. It...

I did some Pool School today - our pump basket (i believe that is the correct term) does have some bubbles at the very top of the clear lid. Am I reading correctly that there should be NO bubbles? BTW - I appreciate your patience and answers - pool water is coming around nicely.

We are not swimming. Too cold. Still mostly cloudy. Very cool breezes and about 70 degrees outside. My chlorine is down to 12ppm. Is it slow burning off because of the cool weather and no swimmers? It came down 1ppm in 24 hours.

Thank you.

Do I need an actual Taylor salinity test or can I use the reading on my iChlor15?

Thank you to u both. I will do CYA again when it is sunny. Am feeling much better about our pool. Will follow the advice of “re-doing” the test to see if I see the same repeatedly. And no more pool store witchery.

I am so confused. The salt is in the pool. The generator is off. I test for ph and get 7.2. I test for chlorine and even after 25 drops it doesn’t ever get colorless. I tested for calcium hardness and after 60 drops it never got blue. CYA is still 100. TA test after 30 drops turned wired pale...

Do I really need to know at this point how crazy high my chlorine is? Gonna use all my bottles of reagent if I do. I used my simple 5 drop test. It is red. I unplugged the SWG. Will test CYA again tonight to see if the rain brought it down any. We will dump 12” tomorrow if not and be very...

Well. Chlorine is totally off the charts high. CYA appears to b 100. TA is also above 200. I wasn’t at the pool store when pool guy sold my guy the chemicals. And my guy kinda dump in according to what pool guy wrote down. I turned my salt cell down tonight to 10%. Or maybe turn it off until...

3rd pool year. 1st year SW pool. Just a small 16’. Just tonight we did what the pool store said. Put stuff in the water for balance and also added the salt. We have an iChlor 15 and am still researching how to figure the % setting for when it will actually start producing chlorine. Right now is...