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Fingers crossed that all goes as well as the start. That is a big job. Who is doing the work?

Previous owner left a variety of pool supplies, including two different pumice stones. One is pink in color, very light (weight) and the block is almost square. The other pumice stone is a dark mottled gray color, very heavy, and is almost the size of a 6 inch 2x2. I have no experience with...

OK then, I'll forget about doing the quickie test and go with the FAS-DPD as my normal test method. Glad you guys got me on the right path.

jblizzle, As mentioned, I recently got the TF100 kit recommended on the forum. The instructions that came with the kit say that for daily Chlorine and pH tests to use the K-1000 kit that is included with the kit (the blue box with the colored test block). Further, for weekly tests to use the...

Pool has inline chlorinator that uses 1" tablets but as soon as the current packet is exhausted I will be using the BBB method. Don't want to continue adding CYA since it seems that's how I got to this point.

JamesW, TA is 130. That is why I want to reduce pH to 7.2 and aerate. According to PoolMath that is how to adjust the TA down to recommended levels. CH is 625 and don't think I can do anything about that except water replacement, just like the CYA level.

Thank you to all. At least I feel confident enough now to keep monitoring it and allow for the +.3 or so in the reading. Chem geek, I'll try doing some side by side testing with diluted and straight pool water to see if there is a difference. I already use a 1:4 dilution with distilled water...

Didn't mean to hijack the previous thread; thanks for starting this one for me. Let me give some background: Bought the home with pool/spa in April and with zero knowledge of pool care. Let the pool service continue to handle things for a couple of months until I learned what I needed to take...

Split by moderator from HERE. Please ask questions in your own thread to avoid confusion. Thanks, jblizzle It was mentioned in this post that pH can't be tested accurately if FC is greater than 10. Is there any way to accurately detrrmine the pH when the FC is high? I was under the impression...

JohnT, what should I be looking for with regard to the pump pressure? I really haven't been watching it much but will start now. Regarding the FC level, you have confirmed what I thought based on reading other posts here...the CYA is a problem and I will have to drain and refill to get it...

Bought a home with 9 yr old inground pool/spa. Never owned a pool before so came to this site looking for an education. This has been a great place to get the info I needed to feel like I can manage the pool myself rather than use the pool service that the previous owner had used. I have a...