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I keep finding these in the basket that is just before the pump (not the skimmer basket). I have found about three of them. They appear to be made of graphite and have a white residue on both sides that I'm not sure what is made of (epoxy maybe?). They break very easily, are very light, but...

If you read my recent posts, you know that I had been shocking for 2 weeks, feeling like I was spinning my wheels because I had to go to work and couldn't keep it from falling below shock level. I had managed to decrease my OCL from loss of 6 to loss of 2. In my most recent thread, Shane...

I was just wondering: I have been shocking my pool because I am not passing the OFC loss test (losing 2 ppm overnight). But I have to go to work! So I bump it up very high in the morning before I leave, but when I return home, the FC is always below shock level. It seems the higher I raise...

A quick question: If your CYA is a bit low (20), is it feasible to bump it up by just starting to use dichlor for a bit until it comes back up? Or is it to hard to control the level this way?

I have been getting some very strange chlorine readings in my pool, and I have run out of ideas. So I'm turning it over to the sound advice of you all here. I will try to make a long story as short as possible. I use a Taylor Test Kit. MY FC I normally keep about 6, based on my CYA of 43. I...

Sorry to keep bothering everyone, but I am about to go crazy. As mentioned in my other posts, I am shocking my pool due to one reason: an overnight FCL of 1.5. Everything else is fine. But as I mentioned also, when I started shocking, I got a 4.5 drop in FC overnight. I thought that was...

As I am shocking my pool at over 20ppm FC, I am just tearing through my reagents, and I am worried that I am going to run out and not be able to get replacements before I am done. Probably a dumb question, but for FC, Is it possible to do a 1/2 dilution, test as normal, and then multiply the...

Okay; so as I mentioned, in another post, the pool is looking great, water is clear, all numbers look good: FC 6 PH 7.6 CC 0 CYA 50 TA 105 CH 320 However, after a couple of Overnight chlorine loss tests, I am getting a 1.5 drop in chlorine overnight. I realize that the number to be concerned...

Using bleach to shock, I would think that during the shock process the PH would jump up pretty ridiculously. But, as the FC comes back to normal levles, so would the PH. So, during the shock process, should you just ignore PH? Or will a very high PH harm anything for that short period of time?

My first real test of BBB. We had a 30 person pool party yesterday for 7 hours. Kids, adults; the whole works. All I did was bump up my FC to +3 of it's normal level the night before. By the end of the party, I was a bit concerned. The pool looked cloudy, there were food particles and other...

Just thought I'd say, that after several epic partial drains and refills, I have now brought my CYA from 200 to 60, and have fully converted to BBB. I must say I was a bit skeptical during the switch, as it did require quite a bit of learning, testing, purchasing new items, and doing things in...

So, as I mentioned in my previous post, I have been doing partial drains and refills to lower my CYA as I start in on the BBB method. I have now gone from 200 down to 80 with my CYA. Yay! Here's the problem though: I mentioned that my TA was climbing rapidly as I did this. I did wait until...

PH 7.6 FC 10 CC 0 TA 170??? CH 340 CYA 100 Hello all. This is my first post on the forum, although I have been lurking for a while now. Due to the previous owners of our house, and partially because of my own ignorance before I found this forum, I have been draining and refilling my pool to...