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Still a little bit cloudy but not as bad as yesterday.

I guess I'm getting confused on what I should do first. When we put the water in it was cloudy, that was why I started adding the bleach. I have the TF-100 that I got middle of July last year.

Here I am again with a new year and issues with this again. Evidently where we get our water has extremely high alakalinity. Reading so far are as follows: PH - 7.8 FC - 8 CC 1 CYA - I think 0 - water stayed clear at the top of the tube. TA - 460 THe only thing I have added was 2 jugs of...

Safetybob, Thanks for explaining it in my terms! I have read pool school and still get somewhat confused. Last year I found this website and my pool looked good all season long even though some of my numbers were always off. I think this year, I seem to be getting a better understanding of...

I thought 80 was the max CYA for a swg? Do I really need to drain 50%? I will retest my FC - I could have very easily figured wrong!

New set of numbers this morning: FC - 6 CC - .5 PH - 7.5 CYA - 90 Does everything look good? I think the CYA might be a little high.

just did a retest - FC is 17 and CC is still 1. Will check again first thing in the morning. Should I be taking my solar cover off while doing this?

I never even gave it a thought about waiting to raise the CYA! I knew it was low and was worried about getting it where it should be. MY TA is also high, but my PH has been holding steady at 7.5. Should I try to get the TA down yet?

I just got my TF Test Kit today and did my first testing tonight. FC - .5 CC - 1 PH - 7.5 TA - 280 CH - 250 CYA - 40 Since my CC was 1 and my FC was just .5 I started shocking. I added 186 oz. of bleach and 22 oz. of stabilizer to get my CYA up. I need to check my FC & CC in another hour...

Would it be possible to get a list of the materials you used and instructions on how to do this? My husband is not very adept needless to say with tools and this looks like something I could do!

I have been using the HTH Drop Test Kit, not the test strips. I was hoping I was doing the right thing by keeping my chlorine at 3 until I get the test kit to check everything. Should have by middle of next week to give current readings.

Foolish question - Do the solar covers go on with the "bubbles up or bubbles in the water"? This is our 2nd year for a pool and did not have one like this last year. It doesn't seem like the water is warming up that much with it being on for 2 days, temps in the 80's and pool in full sun.

I'm curious about my testing and wonder if I should be doing something more? I tested this morning and got the following numbers: CL: 1 PH: 7.2 TA: 280 ( Which has always been high) TH: 120 CYA: Do not have - need to order test kit this weekend! But I have added approx. 2lbs of...

And I'm going to raise my FC by adding Chlorine/Bleach? Hopefully I am right on this!

Just so I make sure I get this right - I can raise my PH by running my SWG and swimming til I get a PH of around 7.6, then add more acid to lower the TA. I keep doing this until I get my TA to where it needs to be? Can I still add the chlorine and stabilizer to get my FC and CYA levels up also...

We opened our Intex pool a few weeks ago and had it filled with city water (I live in the country). I have not been able to get my TA levels down. I have put in around 175 oz. of muratic acid and my reading still says 380. My ph levels were high also until I added the MA, it is down to 6.8...