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We now have a crystal clear pool!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you all for your help! We will post our readings tonight. We went from a dirty algae filled pool to a sparkling wonderful oasis with all of our help. We will constantly be on with readings and still look for help if we need it! Thank you all...

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Need That's what I thought; we have added a lil' more chlorine - to get our level back up tonight... I'm really appreciating your patience! Thanks! I noticed you have an Intex SWCG... what does it mean (copper bars disconnected?) - We...

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Need I'm wondering what I need to do next; the pool water is still a good bit cloudy? We'll check the FC and post again later the evening.

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... WOO Well, I think this is good... our FC was still at 25 this morning when my husband checked it. So; if I've read others' info correctly this means we can let the FC start to fall. When it gets to around 5; we can start the SWCG to...

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Upda Here are our current readings... FC 25 PH 8 TA 130 (Should we be doing something about this - or just wait until we're done shocking?) CH 50 CYA... oops, we ran out of the reagent to test this... nice, I know! (I'll be getting some...

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Need One more question... when should we start our SWCG? I thought we were waiting for the CYA to come up - it's up; are we good to start it? Or should we wait and continue shocking the pool? Sorry to ask so many questions; I just feel...

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Need I see, that would give us a more accurate reading of Chlorine. Is there anything else I need to add to my kit? Thanks for all your help so far!!! I think we're getting there.

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Need Here are our readings this morning - unfortunately, I guess this is with the DPD kit; I guess I'll be ordering a different kit today!!! FC 10 TC 10 PH 7.6 TA 140 CA 50 CYA 60 Any suggestions would be appreciated... I'll try to...

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Need Oh great... Yes, I do now see that our test kit only says DPD (it doesn't have the FAS)? I think our problem is that my husband is still trying to listen to the guys at the pool place (and I'm trying to convince him to listen to this...

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... UPDA Here are our readings: FC 5?? See my question below these readings. TC 5 PH 7.6 TA 130 CA 60 CYA 70 When we did the test first; the color was off the scale (which goes to 5); so we repeated the test following the directions to...

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Need Forgot to calculate the CC (hubby went to bed!); we tried the sock trick and it seemed like NOTHING dissolved (we did that Saturday)... today we finally dumped it into the strainer basket. I was going to buy the liquid instant...

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Need Sorry, yes we have the one suggested by this website. FAS-DPD - so I'm hopeful that I have correct readings! I have entered everything in the pool calculator & am planning an early am trip to buy bleach!!! I'll keep you posted!

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Need Ok, I've already read all those articles - and maybe I'm just not getting the idea? :oops: I think I'm just not being patient enough - We have the test kit suggested from Leslie's Pool - test results are as follows: FC 0 PH 7 TA...

Re: HELP!!! We're lost!!! New Pool! SWCG; 10,000AG... Need As you can imagine - our filter continues to clog up... because of all the algae? I'm guessing - and should we continue to vacuum, vacuum, vacuum... or just wait? I have read the pool school and I agree there is tons of info - but...

We have a 10,000 AG Pool. We filled it with mostly well water (I don't know if this matters?). We have a 1.5Hp Hayward XStream Pump & Filter; and an Intex Krystal Clear SWCG. We used this pool last year - but never successfully; meaning we were constantly fighting algae (we upgraded our pump...