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Thanks for the advice everybody. I won't be trusting the strips any more. I bought a DTD test to at least be able to measure FC until the full test kit comes in. By the way, I'm pretty sure the green tint is from the bleach itself. Previously I was pouring it straight into the skimmer at night...

Thanks for the responses! I'll try to order a kit tomorrow morning. ChemGeek, I've been voraciously reading what posts I can find that fit what I've been seeing, especially that first post you linked. That's actually the post that convinced us that we might have ammonia problems. I think you...

Just added soda ash (according to the poolcalculator.com) to bring up the pH and while it's circulating I thought I'd post my other stats from the pool stores: FC: 4 (strips: 0) TC: 4 (strips: 0) CC: 0 (strips: N/A) pH: 6.8 (strips: ~7.3, but I've already added the soda ash) CH: 130 (~250)...

I have what I feel like is an unusual situation with my outdoor pool, and I'm hoping you folks can help shed some light on it. Our pool is an outdoor in-ground 14kgal pool. I don't have any railings or ladders or other metal in it (except for a single pool light) and it's got a painted plaster...