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CH no change after 3rd drop equals 30. CYA I could still pretty much see that there was a round dot at 20. What to do now???? add 2 lbs of stabilizer to get to 40ish? thanks!

when I get home from work I will post the pool test results here by 6pm somebody please check back tonight to give me some guidance thanks a million!!!

check CH even though I have a vinyl liner??? that is the only thing I have never tested for in the 3 years I have had the pool. also how often should I run my pool robot? thanks!

ok I admit I didn't do any testing after I tested the FC and it was 1 and I saw some algae I started pouring jugs of bleach in....just tested and I stopped at 30 drops (FC 15) and it was still bright red. Are the other tests like CYA valid with FC so high? Do I need to do all the tests now and...

do i need to let the chlorine level go down and start over? if so what clorine level do i need to let it go down to before I test pH and do all the other tests? thanks!

here are my numbers tonight after adding CYA and muriatic acid last weekend. based on the numbers now any suggestions? Also my pool pump gauge stopped working 3 weeks ago - shows pressure at 5 when pump on and off it doesn't move....I guess I need to get a pool company to come just to change...

thought I possibly saw some algae last night so I dumped a jug of clorox in and got FC up to 13.5. Also have ran pump nonstop and cleaned with robot and brushed down sides. Tonight when I looked at pool I see one small line of what may be green algae I guess... Pool looks pretty clear to me...

filled pool on Sunday and this is my first test results taken: PH 6.8 CC 0 CYA 40 TA 40 Couldn't test FC or CC because the powder didn't change the color of the pool water sample. the powder looks darker than I remember it so I guess it went to the bad somehow since last season. Last season...

yay the liner seems to have gone back into place now. I'll post water results tonight...

trying to save a few bucks is going to cost me a fortune :hammer: Bought sump pump and pumped out water. when I came home from running errands half the pool water was out but the liner was coming up from sides and some of the bottom. I am filling it back up with water now. If the liner...

the underground water thing is a berkeley 10sn shallow well jet pump so nevermind on that its not going to help.

there is a pump thing that pumps underground water out near my regular pump. they pool guy said it was a good thing to have. maybe it can be used to pump out water or is it only for the underground water - pool guy said to use it after a big rain. I can plug it in but don't know how to turn...

I just closed off the skimer and the water is still coming out of the drain in my backyard? I guess I need to get a sump pump does it come with a hose to get the water all the way to the street?

thanks for the info guys! I'll try what you said Skippy. When I just turn it to waste and turn the pump on the water comes up out of a drain in my yard and floods it so I can only do a little at a time and it would take weeks to remove 1/3 pool water lol. I'll try your method.

I assume I wasn't testing it enough so it just got higher and higher because I never added anymore CYA since the beginning of last pool season? using packets of shock to chlorinate over winter was a mistake? thanks for the info! I think I'm going to have to call a pool person because I am...

I am a newbie - last year was first year with inground pool and I think I did okay but I admit I have not been testing the water often recently other than PH. I just tested CYA for the first time in a long time and it was 90. I put a target of 45 in pool math and it says replace 50% of the...

how important is the light bulb??? I'm afraid of it starting a fire somehow...which i do not want to risk... thanks!

Split by moderator from HERE. Please start your own topic for your own questions and do not hijack another members thread. Thanks, jblizzle where on this forum do I go to ready about the process of keeping an inground pool open during the winter (all year)? I'm in NC and still haven't closed...

previous owner left pool chemicals and there are 2 bottles of algaecide 50. should i throw that away and buy polyquat 60 or use it this year and start using the polyquat 60 next year? thanks!

where on this site can I read about what to do during the winter? can i get a tarp cover and use a leaf cover over it? and use a cover pump to get water off....the leaf cover won't interfere? is a leaf cover over the tarp recommended? I have a lot of pine trees near my pool. thanks!

the TA was bright pink on 6th drop and no change when adding 7th drop so is TA 60 or 70? Do I need to add some baking soda? and for CYA at what point is the dot obscured enough? You know that it is there so you can just barely tell that it is there for a long time before there is no way you...

i just did it....guess I did it right. I only backwashed for about 30 seconds. The water in the tube thing I could see looked clear the whole time. Manual for the pump says do it 3-5 minutes. pool guy told me after water is clear that I would just be wasting water. Then I rinsed for maybe...

test results today-- ph 7.3 total chlorine - bright yellow fc - 3 cc - 0.5 cya - 40 ta - was bright pink on 6th drop and no change on 7th drop everything good? bottom of my pool always has tree stuff on it. cleaned it up perfectly with my robot over the weekend but right back to looking...

fc 4 cc .5 ph 7.2 total chlorine - bright yellow that is all good nothing to do right? also I had ordered a polaris 9550 robot from poolsupplyworld and they sent a 955 robot instead I'm guessing the 9550 is better and I need to contact them tomorrow right? is there a solar cover that you...

thanks! think I have it now. I just messed up on Sunday when I added Clorox instead of borax. ^ added 4lbs. CYA on Saturday morning and it all dissolved by Sunday night.

test results: FC - 8.0 CC - 0.5 ph - 6.8 total chlorine - bright yellow what do now just add some clorox to bring up ph? My wife and kid want to swim tonight will that be possible? how long should I be running the pump every day? thanks!

ok. stinks because I wanted to swim tonight lol. it looks like spilled oil on top of the water. So do nothing now? Its not going to mess up the liner or anything? thanks!

please help ASAP?!?! ealier today the ph read 6.8 and total cholorine was almost clear so I think I over compensated and added way too much bleach. I looks like gas floating on top of the pool. Here are my readings now please help thanks! ph 7.5 total chlorine - bright orange 22.5 fc...

thanks I bought the whale brush. pool guy told me to brush once a week but I just read somewhere that I should brush 2 times a day with a new liner? I'm adding 4lbs CYA in a sock in front of a return in the deep end is it okay to swim while its there? thanks!

we swam for over 2 hours and had a blast. probably took me 20 minutes before I could get my whole body into the water due to the water temperature but after that I was fine. I hadn't really swam in 15 years and was very rusty. 7' deep end is kind of disappointing for me because I am 6'5" and...