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I purchased a new spa last week and have followed the Aqua Finesse directions to the tee and the water has an odd odor as well as being cloudy..... I want to switch it out to clorine... Any suggestions and recommendations would be helpful... 440 gallon Catalina Coronado Spa cartridge filtration...

It is a typo.... thanks for pointing that out! :) it is supposed to be 0.2

Day 8 AM Last night I added more CYA and this morning my readings were as follows: CYA - 50 PPM FC - 3.0 CC - 2.2 I am happy to see the CYA went up and I now need to balance out alkalinity and calcium hardness....

Thanks Jason.... I'm going to go do that right now......

I purhcased it at Leslie's Pools.... I do trust the supplier/store.... I have purchased a lot of my pool stuff from them.... I am curious too why it isn't registering yet.... What should I do?

Day 7 - Evening This morning I tested and the CYA was zero after having added 64 ounces of the liquid last night via the skimmer. pH was 7.4... Alkalinity was 120.... and CH was 170.... FC was 1.6 and CC was less than 0.2... I added more bleach and let the system run.... This evening I just...

Day 6 Evening I changed the filter cartridge, started adding the CYA, along with a little bit of bleach. The pool water is crystal clear, it never looked like this with baquagoop. The only thing that happned during the conversion, that I partly expected, was the liner faded a bit due to all the...

Day 6 Last night when I got home from work I had received my FAS DPD test kit! I was able to get accurate readings and topped off the chlorine as needed throughout the evening. The test kit made an incredible difference :-D This morning when I checked the levels at 6 AM they were: FC 15 PPM...

Day five AM This morning the reading was 5, same as yesterday morning.... I topped it off and will check it again this evening when I get home.... I just checked my UPS tracking number and my good test kit will be here today, so tonight I'll be able to have more accurate readings......

I got home from work around 6 this evening and checked the pool.... There FC was 0, and TC was less than 5.... pH is 7.2.... I topped off the chlorine again and will check again before bed tonight.... Thanks Jason for letting me know I am in stage 2.... How long does stage 2 last?

Here are a couple of pics - Day 4 - 6 AM

Day 4 - - 6 AM I just checked the pool and the water is pretty clear..... the chlorine was at 5.... Not quite where it should be, but at least there was some chlorine left from overnight ..... I just topped it back off and will check it this evening when I get home..... :-D

Thanks Jason!

Thanks Jason for the break down of the various steps.... Last night I topped it off before bed and this morning there was a total of zero..... I topped it off before work and this evening it was again zero.... I just topped it off and will check it throughout the evening..... I ordered the...

I was doing some reading in the directions of the test kit I purchased for the conversion, before I purchased the one I am waiting to be delivered :) . It said: If color is off the scale you can repeat the test using the 4.5 mL sample diluted to the 9 mL mark with tap water then multiply by 2...

Evening of Day 2: I just did another test on my pool and the results were as follows: FC = 5 ppm TC = 10 ppm pH = 7.2 ( a little low ) I just added another dose of liquid Chlorine.... I have found the Pool Calculator to be an awesome tool.... and it has taken the guessing out of how much I...

At first I thought I only had to dose every two hours, but the chlorine disappeared so quickly that I started checking it hourly and adding as needed to get the level up. Thanks to all the great advice people gave me I started to dose more often. At one point I did do a full dose of Cal-Hypo...

Re: Conversion FC & CC Readings Help!! More Pics!

Re: Conversion FC & CC Readings Help!! Update: Conversion Day 2 I have been adding liquid chlorine on a regular basis today. The readings of chlorine are finally over 10 ( I am not positive of the exactly level because I won't have my FAS test kit for a couple of days). The filter has been...

Re: Conversion FC & CC Readings Help!! I am really looking forward to getting my kit in the next couple of days.... I know, from all that has been shared here, that it is going to make a huge difference in testing. Thanks!

Re: Conversion FC & CC Readings Help!! Thanks for the great advice, I ordered a kit last night and it should be here Tuesday or Wednesday..... This morning I checked the pool and it seemed to be getting clearer. I also back washed the cartridge filter - - a ton of bacqugoop came sliming...

Re: Conversion FC & CC Readings Help!! It makes a lot of sense, and I am going to get back to the liquid bleach and ditch the Cal-Hypo for now.... Where did you get your FAS-DPD tester? Is it just the vial?

Re: Conversion FC & CC Readings Help!! Hi Jason I did start off using liquid chlorine, but after several gallons I realized it wasn't doing much of anything in those dosages.... so, I went and purchased Cal-Hypo.... This seems to be starting the conversion process better as I am finally...