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Thanks for everyone's assistance. We did another 80% drain and finally have CYA around 60. Now, on to other battles such as oak pollen.

We just switched to bleach only we found this site and discovered the pucks were the issue. We won't be using them anymore! Our pool drains to the street so I don't think it will charge us for that.

Thanks so much for the suggestion! We'll give this a try and see how far we still have to go. My water bill is going to be frightening this month! :shock:

We just bought this house, so I don't know how they cared for it previously. It does have a built-in chlorinator using Chlor Tab pucks, so I assume the elderly couple just kept that thing loaded up for years (my guess is that it had little to no use). We plan to switch to bleach once we get...

OK, so did another at least 1/2 drain of the pool and refilled. CYA still seems well above 100. Am I doing something wrong with the test? I can't see the black dot well below the 100 mark. Is there something else that could be affecting this test? I don't see how it could still be so high...

Thanks, Dave! I was afraid I would need to do another drain. Ouch. I'll do that today. I knew my kit must be missing something. Husband accidentally came home with the wrong kit! :/ I'll give these pointers a shot and come back if issues remain. Much appreciated!

Hello, So glad to have found this site. My husband I just recently bought a house that has a 20K gallon fiberglass pool. We've been pouring chemicals into it with yo-yo results with the pool store directives, so I decided to do some of my own research which got me here. First, our CYA is off...