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Thank you very much! She is slowly starting to learn about it now. And we have been at 100+ for 21 days straight now I think. A lot.of those were 105+!

Tested again this morning. Here is what I got. PH 7.4 FC 6.0 CC 0.2 TA 90 CH 230

Reagents are only about two months old. I store them inside where it's cool and dry. I retested the pool this evening. CH showed 260 again. Then I tested the fill water. Fill water showed only 110 so there goes my theory on high CH from our faucets. PH was about 6.5, TA 90, CC 0.0, and FC 0.0...

The builder ran a line from the outside water faucet underground to the pool. We just turn the faucet on and it fills up from a outlet in the skimmer. I will try to get a fill water test tonight. I haven't had a chance yet. So CH should remain relatively level?

We use city water but have calcium deposits on all of our faucets that we clean off year around. It was the same as the initial fill water. Today my test at 6am showed 280. So there is still some fluctuation but not as much. I went back and looked at my records and each time I fill if I test...

Just retested CH and got 327. I'm thinking I didn't math so well last night and that's the reason for the big drop.

I'm curious to see that too. My pool gets a solid 10 hours of direct sun a day.

Im not totally sure why the CH changed so much. I've seen that before though. It usually occurs after a fill though. It spikes and then goes down. I had topped the pool a couple hours prior to the first test so maybe that's why?

Oh got it! Thank you

BDY and reggiehammond....thank you both for all the tips and the link. It sounds like I may just take on the SWG cost as soon as possible. Would definitely be less stressful in the long run. The PH rise makes sense too. I use about a cup of acid a day. I was storing it and then getting it out...

Got it. Thank you for the clarification. I'll probably stay away from the calhypo all together unless some weird situation arises. Maybe if I can keep CYA in line using the liquid chlorine while I am home I won't have an issue dropping a Trichlor tablets in the feeder just on the days I'm away...

I probably won't be able to do the SWG for awhile but it is definitely on the list now after everyone's suggestions. I wish the builder would have mentioned it. Hindsight. I'm usually only gone for work 3 - 4 days so even if I can set up a cal hypo floater for my wife to drop in the pool half...

Another quick question, if I am adding liquid chlorine daily and I am the only one who handles the pool chemicals at my home, what could I do when I go out of town for work? The inline chlorinator was used for Trichlor tablets so from what I read dropping calhypo tabs in that would be a bad idea...

Thank you. I will do that tomorrow. It never occured to me to test the fill alone. Makes sense to know what I am adding when I fill. I didn't test the fill water alone yet but I did test the pool again to see the changes today's heat caused with my change to liquid chlorine. These are the Taylor...

Thank you all very much. I was nervous about switching chlorine mediums. Sounds like I am on the right track and just need to maintain it now and watch the numbers like I was doing anyways. No special switch over techniques to worry about is a relief. Just seemed odd to be running with no...

Hello, all. We are new pool owners and have been handling our own chemicals for about two months now. Pool is only 4 months old. We have read the articles here for pool school and introduction and have decided to follow the advice and switch to liquid chlorine. We have the Pool Math app too...