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Yep...I am used to it. The first time I dumped the water when we first moved into this house with the pool 7 years ago, the TA was...eh, I don't remember exactly, but it was so high, it was impossible to get the PH down. AZ water is very hard out of the tap...just look at anyone's faucets and...

My TA is 90...I have fresh 10 day old water. I took 3 water samples of the old, green, murky water to two different pool stores to test...one test was all pool water, the 2nd was a 50/50 pool to fresh distilled water mix, the 3rd was a 25/75 pool to distilled mix all came back(after allowing...

THAT is helpful, thank you, Richard. Around 10am my FC was over 5...I'll check again in an hour or so and see how much as burned off. Adding straight CYA just seemed like insult to injury with the wrestling match I've had with this pool water over the last few weeks...but I understand there...

And...I know not to add all 35lbs of pucks at once, my dispenser won't hold that much at one time (LOL)....but since the CYA doesn't go away, I was just trying to get a gauge of how many to add over the next few weeks(along with the liquid chlorine to keep my FC at the right level) before I stop...

Sigh. I'm talking shorthand on this post, if you are curious, here is my original post on TFP that led me to draining out water to begin with...believe me, it was the RIGHT CALL.... the-pool-chemists-here-are-amazing-t58931.html So...I have spent so much money on getting this pool ready for...

So sorry...think I got all my details in my signature. We have a local shop, EKonomy pool, that is a locally owned place of pros...so I'm going by their reading they gave me of my CYA this morning. Since I dumped out easily 20,000 gallons out of 24,000 10 days ago, that reading seems about...

Since I found TroubleFree for pool help AND drained 80% of my 5 year old water and replaced...pool is back to beautiful. Now comes the fun part of learning the better way to balance that this website is teaching me..... Guess I dumped out too much of my CYA 200 water in my 24,000 gallon/Tucson...

I didn't introduce myself properly the other evening...I'm in Tucson, had my pool that came with our house going on 7 years. First time I had a problem with green slime I couldn't get solved, well, NOW thanks to Pool School and help from Jason, Dave, and Harley...my pool is refilling, liquid...

Follow up: Thanks, all, for your insight. As my sump pump pumps the last of my green gross water out of my sweet oasis in the desert, and I've re-cleaned my cartridge filters, etc...I can not help but think besides my CYA issue that the PoolPerfect + PhosFree stuff I used to help get rid of...

So, thanks to the chemistry wizards here, I'm in the middle of dumping a good amount of pool water, and as the level drops, I noticed that my fiber optic lenses were pretty cloudy..not surprising after 10+ years of chemical exposure....so...This is the pool wall light housing...

Thank you, Dave...yes, until I get my own test kit from your site, I am pretty sure with my multiple tests from both pool shops that I am below 200, but could be close to that...so I think I'm better off erring on the side of caution since I know I'm dumping water. My gut from taking care of my...

Give them a call and crunch numbers...gas prices are down..at least they are this week, haha. So...I'll run my numbers from my water company for refill one more time...see if the cost of draining like 3/4's is worth it, or just dump it all and start over. But...starting over from scratch with...

Also...$30 for the sump at Erv's Rentals on 5th st. 24 hours. I have a family, too, I'm trying to work around, so I'll bite the 30 bucks to not have a same day pick up/return deal....

JB...Ha...I'm slow...you and I are HERE...yes..the wind and assorted flying Crud has contributed to my pool being a major pain..along with my sinuses, coughing up dirt, etc....but hey...we're in the 80's till the end of the week...may be 100 by next week...better for my pool wall to be dry like...

The no brainer option seems to be dumping the whole pool and starting over...I already have a system set up with a really cool LOCAL pool supply company, and have 4 gallons of nice clean liquid chlorine ready to pour once I start the refill. But...the thought of having to add back anything with...

Oh dang...yes...LOW LOW water table...yikes....sorry, it's been a long day... Point is, our weather is pretty perfect this week for me to get the sump pump and drain like, tomorrow....the refill will take longer since I can only get so much out of my municipal water service and 2-3 hoses that...

Oh yes...the evil chlorine pool pucks and assorted shock stuff from a certain well known pool company I suspect caused my cya issues. I need to fix my log in, but for now, my stats are: In Ground, in Tucson, Arizona. High high water table...my pool is in really dry dirt former home owners...

Sorry, my bad. In my attempt to be efficient, I didn't give you the whole speel..I'll go back and add :)

First, thanks to all of the smart posters sharing their knowledge...I've been lurking for a few days as I've gone through pool green water heck, and I think thanks to various posts I know what I am dealing with.... I have not gotten my own home test kit, but I have taken multiple samples to two...