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Testing my calcium hardness, 25ml sample. Add the 20 drops R-0010, swirl, then 6 drops R-0011L. Turns SLIGHTLY red, not very much When I add the R-0012 it never changes to blue. Goes to a light shade of almost yellow and stays there. I thought it might be old chemicals so got a new batch...

I can't find the forum search function so my apologies! It has to be here somewhere but I'll be darned if I can find it...I know this question has to be in here 50 times but.... Calcium Carbonate instead of Calcium Chloride for increasing calcium levels...yes or no? I know it isn't the same...

New to me pool with Heyward Aqua Rite 20 chlorine generating system w/Heyward GLX-Cell 5 attached. My pool timer is an Intermatic "old school" yellow dial type which runs my pump only. My understanding is that the Aqua Rite Chlorine system % setting tells the chlorine cell to run for the...

Need some help sorting out my PH lowering options. Tired of lugging home a 4, 1-gallon boxes of Muriatic Acid every month or so. In looking for alternatives I find that Sodium Bisulphate is the mainstream alternative... or so it appears. When I search for it all I find is the Leslie Pool...

I have a Travertine tile pool deck with very fine grout lines or openings between each tile. No grout or sand just a crack between tiles. I believe they were originally installed edge to edge. Some have shifted with time and there are some that have a little movement when we walk on them. I...

Odd little question here...moved to a new house with new to me pool. My old pool had a Hayward XL cleaner and a vac port fitting with a spring to close it. However, I could pull the cleaner hose out of the fitting and flip the lid on the vac port all the way back past 90 degrees and it would...

Re-grouting the face of our raised spillover spa. Face is ugly due to the calcium (?) film and needs to be cleaned with an acid wash, CLR, pumice stone or combination. All old grout is gone and loose/missing tiles replaced. My question is whether I should clean the tiles first and then grout...

Need to fill a small "dig" in my pool about the size of a $.50 piece. So I got some epoxy pool putty which cures white. Pool is a light blue w/specks. Figured it will be close and no one will notice right? Wrong. Looks like a big blob of white noticeable from 100 feet. Searching online I see...

Hopefully someone is familiar with using Laticrete grout... have to regrout the face of my spa and the spillover to pool. Original grout on the rest of the pool started out as a blue but has faded to a medium grey, very slight hint of blue. Thinking of using Laticrete, one of two medium grey...

Getting everything balanced after hurricane Irma and week(s) worth of additional rain and winds. Added some liquid chlorine last night which took it to 13 and I will let it back down to 4-5 or so. CC is 0. Cyanuric acid is good at 75. Need to add a little stabilizer, bring up the calcium and...

Got some algae on the sides of my pool due to neglect of water chemistry (bought a boat and have been totally preoccupied). So I clean clean clean scrubbing every thing and then vacuum it out. Cleaned filter and got things in line chemistry-wise, CYA at 70, PH at 7.2 and decide to slam it...

Is there a commonly used test that shows pH levels above 8.0? I use the Taylor K-2006 which as everyone knows..only goes to 8.0. I am fighting rising pH and am trying to get TA down to maybe 50 to see if that will slow it down but if it doesn't then I would like to know exactly where the pool...

Question for you technique gurus...I'm testing TA. Add 5 drops, still green. Add 6th drop and it turns to a medium pink, no green. That would be 60ppm. When I add a 7th drop for 70ppm it goes all the way red. Another drop has no effect on the color. What is the correct way to read this...

Have my numbers under control, everything within reason for a couple of weeks now. My only issue is my pH constantly rising. Meaning I get it to 7.4-4.6 and then 2-3 days later it is in the 8.0 range. Pool is not new, 2006. Water is aerated every day by 850 gal spa overflowing into 18,600...

Came across all the posts on the CYA black dot test and the variance given by the Taylor 50ppm standard solution. See that it isn't being sold anymore on TFTestkits. Actually can't find it in small quantity (less than 16oz) anywhere. Have no CYA test reading experience so nothing to compare to...

Pool Math tells me that my FC should be a minimum of 4 with a Daily Goal between 9 and 11 yet the suggest level listed elsewhere on TFP say much lower.. like 3-5. Why is this? What should my FC level actually be?

Latest numbers below, about as good as I can get it with one exception, Total Chlorine. When I went by pool store numbers I had the SWG set at 70%. When I started adjusting numbers to TFP levels it was way high, 14-15. So I turned it all the way off and over a few days it dropped to 4...

Is there a list or thread somewhere in here that sums up what chemicals to stay away from adding at the same time or which to break into smaller doses over time to adjust numbers? In my pool store days they would say "Add this and then wait 24 hours before adding this other one.." or some such...

Not sure if this is dumb question....anyone use Speedstir for testing CYA? Better, worse, unnecessary? If so do you just measure in CYA bottle and then pour into the Speedstir Taylor vial and then into test tube?

TFP says my CH should be between 350-450. Pool Calc says 250-350. Which should I go by? Current tests below. Already added MA for pH and will be adding some stabilizer later today. As soon as I find the bucket my wife hid in prep for hurricane..! FAC - 6 FAC - 0-.1 CH - 370 CYA - 60 TA - 80...

Wife has seen me in and out and out and about the pool, testing, pouring, spreading, next day testing, etc. Doesn't pay much attention as she thinks I am crazy anyway. Usually stares into the pool and says "Looks ok to me" or doesn't say much. I added boric acid on Friday night. Yesterrday my...

What is the best test for Borates? I know the exact level is not that important but it would be nice to differentiate between the 50 and 80 color comparisons on the Lamotte test strips. My test this morning could be either. For numbers purposes I split it down the middle and use 65. The CYA...

Add MA last night to lower TA. Tested this morning and am at: 83 degrees temp FAC - 14.4 (up from 12 yesterday prior to MA add and significantly more chlorine smell this morning ) TAC 0-.04 Salt - 3200 CH - 370 CYA - 85 TA - 70 (down from 85 last night before MA add) pH - 7.4 (down from 7.8...

Getting ready for boric acid add. Pool calc said that I needed to add 3/4 gallon MA to lower pH from 7.8 to 7.2 or so while lowering TA from 90 to 60. Have spa overflow that I believve serves as a good aerator. About how long should it take for TA to reduce and pH to rebound? Boric Acid...

So I go to my local hardware guy, nice mom and pop store, very knowledgeable on many things in the past, to pick up some MA to bring down the TA in prep for adding boric acid to raise borates. As a Side comment while I am paying I asked "Do you sell Boric Acid?". He says "Why? You have...

Any comments/suggestions welcomed....I want to start using/adding borates to my 21,000+- gal SWG pool with integrated spa/spillover. My current Taylor K2006 and Lamotte Borate test strips show: FAC - 12.6 TC - 0 - .1 Salt - 2800 CH - 400 CYA - 90 TA - 90 pH - 7.8 Borates - 0-10 maybe? very...

Our local Leslie's instructed me to add 20LBs of Hardness Plus to raise the calcium level. OK, no problem. However, they tell me (and have numerous times in the past) to add 5 lbs. one day, recirculate, 5 lbs the next, 5 lbs the next and 4 days later the last 5 lbs. The instructions on the...

2 year old Hayward Pool Vac XL, clean filter, good pressure to cleaner as measure on gauge, new hoses. Good flow through the leaf canister. Cleaner was sluggish, slow, turning left and right ok but not enough energy/power to pull hose to the other side of pool. If hose crossed itself the...

Hayward Turbocell on a Hayward Aqualogic PS8. Reading shows salt at 2700ppm and "low". Pool store and test strips show 4000ppm. I cleaned the cell this morning. Same readings after running squeaky clean for an hour. When I go into Diagnostics menu I get +25.0v, 7.37a with 3700ppm. I assume...

Have had what I thought was yellow algae on the walls and around light fixtures. Yellow brushes off walls easily. Took water to local store, phosphates high 300+. Cleaned filter, super chlorinated, ran 48 hours straight, cleaned filter then added Phosfree and ran 48 hours then cleaned filter...