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Re: Finally building Looks great! It's really coming together. I think your family is going to love it! I am the least chemistry minded person you'll ever meet but have mastered the test kit. My kids even run the test without problems. It's really quite simple. Don't underestimate yourself- you...

Great! Thank you so very much for all your time and advice. I think we are on our way. ? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

Pool dv, Great! I'll press on. I reviewed your shared links- thank you!! This has been a hard year for us pool-wise, even harder (more challenging) than our first year as pool owners! Perhaps we became too comfortable. Thank you again. I'll get back at it in the morning and hopefully get the...

I thought so. :( Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

So, I've added the ph up several times and used the jets to aerate and the ph is barely showing on the ph color block. It is close to 6.8 but not going up very quickly. The TA however seems to be increasing slowly. When we read our TA the reading switches from the green to a purpley type color...

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Okay I just added pH Up. The pH protect is simply sodium hydrogen carbonate. I believe it's like overpriced baking soda maybe? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

As for the cya- July 1st it was 50. I need to order more Reagent. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

Thank you both for your responses! I have pH Up, pH Down, stabilizer, and ph protect on hand. I may also have some A & H Baking soda. Yes, we chlorinate with a salt water generator. Could it have been the citric acid for the staining that made the pH crash? The numbers were from this past...

I returned to town late last night and these readings were taken at 2:00am: FC-3 CC- 1 TC4 Ph 6.8 TA 60 Because my pH was low I added my citric acid to clear up my metal staining. Then this morning, I have basically nothing left as far as chemicals. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

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We had very high ta for quite a while and brought it down using acid. However now our numbers are showing no ta (test didnt even turn green todsy! It was RED) and no pH and basically no chlorine as of this morning. While the pool looks crystal clear I am very concerned about what it's happening...

I too, was torn when we put in our pool a few years ago whether to go DE or Sand. However, after talking to friends and neighbors with pools- we opted for the cartridge filter and we love it! Like Texas Splash said above, it isn't a big job at all! Spray it out with garden hose on your driveway...

We have a fairly small pool so it doesn't take too much to clean it however using the standard pole and this sort of vacuum head isn't cutting it anymore. http://cdn.lesliespool.com/wimages/product_image/lpm-20883-009.jpg?300x300 My teenagers swimming around the bottom with the hose seems to be...

Bosco390, Hello, I realize it has been a few year but I wondered if there any way to still view the account of how you repaired your crack please? I cannot get the link to work. Thank you.

Did anyone ever send you a link or copy to the original posting info? I too, would love to be able to read it and it doesn't work for me either. We are having a problem right now and looking for ideas and answers on how to fix before it becomes a bigger issue. Thank you!

Hi JohnT, Thank you for your advice! I hadn't added the PH Down just yet so that is good then. Do you think I should add the Jack's Magic sequestering agent or wait on that too? Would you recommend me waiting on putting the brand new filter in my cartridge filter also until all this is...

Hi Steve, Thank you for your response. :) Citric Acid (food grade) is to remove surface staining- I used it rather than Ascorbic Acid because it cost a bit less, however I used more but have had good success. I'll go turn off the SWG and watch my levels-thank you for suggesting that idea! I...

Hello, I'm truly desperate for help. My pool is a mess and I'm due for a ton of company for a graduation party this weekend! Would you please kindly help me? A little background: So, we used food grade citric acid to clear some staining from the walls of our fiberglass pool and left our pump to...

Oh no, I'm sorry to confuse the posting. I am the teen currently in charge of the pool and usually it is fine(easy) but this time I'm not sure what to do since the numbers are off from the normal range that my parents keep it at. It was deliberately low since we were clearing some staining from...

My pool numbers aren't balancing like they normally do. I have these numbers from yesterday- Cl- .5 pH- 6.8 FC- 1 CC- 1 TC- 2 TA- 70 CH- 80 CYA- 20 I added 5 lbs of Food Grade Citric Acid to rid of the staining yesterday and the walls are white again. But I haven't added the sequester yet. I...

Hi Casey, Thank you for your note! I purchased the test kit through Dave S.- user name Duraleigh on TFP. I also bought my other pool test, the TF100 from him. I did ask him for info because of the seemingly odd results but he doesn't have a salt water pool and could not help me. If there is...

I ordered the salt water test kit and when it arrived yesterday we immediately tested twice. The outcome has confused us. When we add the first drops(chromate) to the water sample as directed-it turned yellow like we read should happen. However, when we added the silver nitrate to the sample- it...

Hi Richard, Thank you for taking the time to advise me. I'm going to go add some bleach right now! :)

Thank you PAGirl. So, can I then add the chlorine and how long should I wait? When they say add it slowly- how slowly is slowly? When do I add other chemicals or will they start to balance themselves as my chlorine goes up? Oh, and do I need to order more The Purple Stuff and continue to add...

Thank you PAGirl! So would I add stabilizer before the chlorine? Yes, I try to hold it between 70-80 per some posting from here on TFP.

Hello, I did the AA treatment a couple of days ago.(Sunday) I did not use an algaecide but am watching it closely. Amazing!! Thank you! :D I need some further advice please- I added the whole bottle of The Purple Stuff after the stains lifted. Pool looks like new!! Now I'm stuck though...

Thank you for all your help Jason! I appreciate you taking the time to help me.

Thank you again Jason. I guess I better wait until closer to when the Jack's arrives next week. Is there another product that is equally good? In another thread ( http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/42849-Sequesterant-question ) someone mentioned a product from Walmart- HTH-Metal Out. Is that...