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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    So happy right now my levels are almost perfect and it all thank you trouble free pools thank you all Fc-3.8 Cc-.2 Ph-7.6 Ta-100 Cya-will test later this week going for 30-40 Ch-275 Csi-.07 I know this won't be completely acurate until I have a more solid cya figure Oclt-0!!! Pool looks SOOO...
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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    It's getting there Fc-4 Cc-0 Ph-7.2 Ta-125 Cya-will test at end of week
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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    Fc-2.5 Cc-.2 Ph-7.0 Ta-150 Cya- still to low to measure
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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    Never mind about the air bubbles. While I was investigating I notice I didn't open the vacuum port to cycle water threw after I did the bubble went away. Must have been air traped in the vacuum port. Here's a picture of my new bbb tfp begining. Spa style return jets on in an effort to raise ph...
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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    I used the ova hose because the pump I got did not have a regular hose hook up and also thought a regular hose might take to long. However I'm all filled back up and tested water ! Fc-0 Cc-0 gotta have fc first before i can get cc I guess Ph-8 Ta-175 Ch-275 Cya-0 Just added all my chemicals...
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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    Hello catanzaro Yes is used the Taylor k-2006 to test and I did a 50/50 dilution. My water was still clear however I think I was in the beginning stages of algae, whenever I would brush i would get very cloudy water. I was also using ALOT do bleach to maintain levels to keep it clean but I was...
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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    Sorry guys got another question. Before I switched to bbb I just purchased a whole bucket of pucks and was wondering if I could just use those to increase my cya after my pool is refilled ?
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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    Great idea! thank you Is there anything special I need to do after refilling or during filling ? Just get my levels in range ? Only down side is my fill water is already 300ppm ch :(
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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    Thank you both so much! I think trying to maintain the pool with the required fc level based on my cya is just asking for trouble. Went out tonight and bought a pump and started draining which brought up another question. When I was looking up cost of water and waste water to figure my total...
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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    Did I mention I'm also a Newb to forums ? Any suggestions on how to move this thread to the correct category ?
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    Newb here am I crazy or should I bite the bullet

    I would like to start by saying thank all of you for all your help and thank you for letting me join this awesome community. FC-22 CC-.5 PH-7.6 TA-100 CYA-160 CH-900 CSI-.18 So me and my wife bought this house 6 months ago and it came with our first pool. After listening to leslies for 6...