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First, let me thank TFP for saving my pool, my bank account, and my sanity! I started this season thinking I was going to have to fill in my pool. But, by reading the pool school and following the BBB method, I was able to take a green swamp and turn it into the pool I've always wanted. Once I...

Okay. My main concern was that the cal-hypo tabs would throw off my test results by adding in stuff that I hadn't accounted for. I think I've gotten a little paranoid about the pool since I fought with the balancing act for so long before I found this place. I also told hubby to keep his dirty...

I thought I put the right amount in. I used the Pool Calculator, and put in 48 oz. of Stabilizer in the sock when the CYA was testing at 30.

They were cal-hypo. For some reason that seems to be the most common here. Though I don't know why with the water being as hard as it is here. It makes me feel better knowing there's no CYA in those. I'll leave the sock in there until CYA test reads 60, then. If there's still stuff in the...

Today's test results: FC 2 CC 0 pH 7.5 TA 90 CH 650 CYA 50 Pool looks good, but my husband threw the puck floater back in the pool with cal-hypo tabs in it (he didn't realize that I wasn't using them anymore) while I still have a sock filled with stabilizer/conditioner floating. I took the...

I have a Hayward 1 HP pump and use cartridge filters. How often should the cartridges be replaced? I know the existing cartridges have been in there for at least 3 years. I have 4 new cartridges to replace the old ones. Should they be soaked before use? And my last question: Where can I...

Thanks, Dave! You all have saved my sanity! :-D

I read through the Pool School several times. I followed the all the procedures there for shocking and testing, etc. I got in the pool with a toothbrush and scrubbed all the little nooks and crannies that the pool brush couldn't get to. After about a week, I finally got my green swamp to turn...

Thank you! I just spent a week clearing up my pool and want to make sure that I test it properly to make sure I don't ever have to wake up to a green swamp again. This forum has been a life saver! Does it matter whether I run the pump at night? I currently run it for 5 hours between 11 p.m...

Should the water be tested with the pump on or off? Does it matter?

I HAVE A BLUE POOL AGAIN!!! :whoot: This mornings test results: FAC 5+ TAC 5+ CH 600 CYA 30 TA 110 pH 7.2 The water is clear, but there's a little bit of sediment on the floor of the pool. I was planning on bringing the bleach back up to shock levels one last time, brushing the...

I understand. :) I know it seems late in the day to be testing the pool, but I am a night dweller by nature. So the last time I checked and added bleach was at 4 a.m. I checked it again at 10:30 a.m. (I gotta sleep sometime :wink: ) I cleaned the filter, added 2 gallons of bleach and...

OMG!!!! The pool is not green this morning!!! I'm so excited!!! There may be a light at the end of this tunnel, after all! :-D :-D :-D First, here are the test results from today: FAC 1 TAC 1 CH 600 CYA 30 TA 100 pH 7.2 I've been using the pool calculator and my cheapy hth test...

Patience has never been one of my virtues, Richard. :oops: But I'm trying! :) Took the cartridges out and cleaned them. Those suckers were NASTY! I think I'll wait until the algae is gone before I put the new ones in. I keep going back to Pool School and re-reading. The more I read, the...

Hi guys. Pool is still green, but I can see the bottom step today, so that's progress, I guess?? I'm still waiting on my TF100 test kit, so I'm doing the best I can with what I have, and used the hth test kit. Here's my results from this morning: TAC .5 CH 600 CYA 30 TA 110 pH 7.2 I...

Thanks! I was confused there for a minute. I ordered the TF-100 through Pool Supply World. I will stop using the shock powder immediately. It was just what I had and I was afraid that if I didn't do SOMETHING, the pool would take on a life of it's own, rise up in revolt in the middle of the...

Hi Butterfly! I tested with an hth 6 way test kit that gave me a 0 first. I didn't trust those results so I took a sample to Leslie's Pool. The results they got pretty much matched up with the results I got with my kit. The only difference was my kit tested the pH at 7.2, and their test said...

Will it ever get better? Hi! I'm new to the forum and I'm struggling to get a handle on my pool. I had a pool guy taking care of it for me. Then one day the pool started turning green and the pool guy seems to have fallen off the face of the earth, so I decided to try to maintain the pool...

Thanks for the welcome! I've ordered the test kit and I'm waiting for it to be delivered.

Hi all! My name says it all. We bought a house with an IG pool 3 years ago. I had a pool guy taking care of it, then just when the pool turned green, he suddenly stopped showing up. I've taken over the care and maintenance of the pool and have been trying to learn all the ins and outs, but...