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Dave and others, Thanks for all the advice. I shocked the pool up to about 20 ppm and have been checking for three days now. The FC is slowly dropping but at least it's holding. Right now it's just over ten and all the readings are good. Will be checking daily to see how it goes. Thanks again, Reid

Dave, It's been a few days since my last post. I've been nursing the pool for a few days. FC is about 2 ppm and still crystal clear. I am awaiting some new grids for my filter. A couple blew out the seam. It's also been raining everyday. Once I get the grids in I plan on shocking up to 20 ppm...

Dave, I did use the calculator and it came up with just under four gallons of 12.5% to reach a goal of 20 ppm. I'm going to stock up and will add the six to start and see what happens. Reid

Dave, I do close the pool in winter. The CYA was low this year. The first time in years. I added 4 lbs. CYA and it came up to just above 40. It's gone up a little with the tri-chlor tabs since then. You mentioned 15 gal. of bleach. I have 12.5% chlorine so do you think 8 gal. should be enough...

The jury is still out on Phosphates.... I went through PhosFree some time sgo and my filter was screwed up for five days. Owning a pool for 20+ years I should have known better but like an idot I tried it. I even contacted Natural Chemestry and they sent me FREE product to get hooked on it...

Well here's the latest: Put two more gallons in at 4:30PM yesterday. FC was about 3.0 Here's what I have as of 12:30 pm today: pH- 7.2 Alk-96 FC- 0.3 TC- 0.7 CA- N/A CYA- 59 Still not having much luck with the FC. Reid

After just over and hour the two gallons of 12.5% ch raised the FC to just under 6.0. Will check agian later tonight and see how much it drops. No sun today so I'll check in a couple hours. Thanks to all for the advice. I think I got spoiled and now I have to work at more than I have in the...

Used the calulator and just added two gallons of 12.5% chlorine. Will check in an hour and add two more if required. (nos sun so what can it hurt?) I'm aware of the CYA with the chlorinator so I've left it where it always is at 3. One thing that's confusing me is the CC. Mine is at .3 ppm and...

Dave, One more thing I should have mentioned in my first post was the weather around here. Right now it is rainy and 51 degrees with rain expected on and off for the next two days. The other thing I will assume is that the filter should run over night after the chlorine is added. Normal run...

Dave, The problem I am having is calculating how much liquid 12.5% chlorine to add. For several years I have kept the automatic chlorinator at 3 and every sunday add 2 gallons of 12.5% liquid. The FC always stayed at 3.0 unless we had a streak of hot days or bather load. Then I would add two...

Trouble getting a free Chlorine reading. Opened poll three weeks ago. Pool is clear. pH-7.2 Alk-94 FC-0.1 TC-0.4 CH-N/A (vilny) CYA-50 I have an automatic chlorinator with 3" trichlor pucks. Chemicals on hand are: Borax-4 lbs. CYA- 5 lbs. Sodium Hypochlorite 12.5%- 6 gallons Arm and Hammer- 15...

I need some help with free chlorine level in my pool. Have been a pool owner for over 20 yrs. and then first time I can't get a reading. I'm new to these forums so bear with me. I have all the test results so I will wait for a response to reply to. I'm new here so I'm not sure how to post a...