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Thanks, Ivyleager! I'll switch over to bleach then. I noticed the term "skimmer sock" mentioned in some other posts here, and at the risk of sounding incredibly dumb, I have to ask, do you mean a regular sock as in Hanes tube socks? Or is "sock" some kind of pool term I haven't heard of yet...

I used the black dot/cylinder test that came with my kit. The cylinder was completely full and I could still clearly see the black dot. My test strips have been giving me a 0 CYA reading as well for the past few days. I suspect the cloudiness of the water is dead algae...? Or it could be some...

Hi everyone, I hope this update gets noticed - I'm not sure if I should start a new thread. Anyway, it's been a week since I opened the pool and the water has gone from dark brown to completely clear blue. It's still slightly cloudy but I can see the bottom very easily and there isn't a hint of...

Ok, I'll keep scrubbing in the meantime. I also ordered the TF100 test kit; I hope it arrives soon. I'll report back if anything changes - thanks!

Dave, Last year the filter was running at around 7. I also noticed it seemed a bit lower, but the water seems to be circulating ok. I backwashed twice so far, but that's about all I know how to do. My ex-husband used to take care of the pool and filter so I'm new to this.

Thank you for the quick replies! JohnT, I diluted the water as you suggested and the FC reading was 28. I'm going to order a better test kit but I also want to keep on top of this while I wait for it to arrive, since I'm off this week. Do you think I should add more shock now? Or maybe I...

Hi everyone - great board you have here. I'm hoping to get some help, I'm kind of at a loss here... Using HTH test strips every few hours: TH 200 FC 10+++ (the pad on the strip is so dark it's almost black) PH 8.4 (it was stabilized at 7.2 before I shocked though) TA 120 CYA 30-50 I have a...