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Thanks! I was really beginning to doubt myself. I won't bother taking my water samples to them in the future.

I took in water sample to the pools store today and my test results were way off from what I got using my Taylor test kit. I drew the samples at the same time this morning. Using my kit, I showed a FC of 4 and 0.2 CC, pH of 7.2. The pool store uses the ClearCare Expert Computerized Water...

This is my 3rd year as a pool owner. I found TFP after a long and confusing search for practical explanation on how to maintain my pool levels. I even purchased a crappy overpriced book on Amazon that completely glossed over this critically important aspect of pool maintenance. First year, I...

FYI I think my stains are calcium related. We have etching around the pool and a few calcium nodules (like little stalagmites). Each of the stains surround a calcium nodule. After researching TFP site some more I feel better. Originally, I thought the nodules were formed by letting the water...

I will give it a try. Supposedly my iron and copper are 0 (per the tests from the pool store), but who knows. If vitamin C works I will be a happy camper.

Great, thanks! I guess it makes sense to wait for the pH to stabilize before I add the chlorine anyway. But sometimes I am in a hurry!

Too late! I added two 121 oz jugs of 8.25% Clorox. My FC is now at 23.5 and CC is 0.5. I'm pretty sure I have a little algae, just not a full blown bloom (yet). I also noticed a slight haze of green algae clinging to my Hayward pool vac yesterday. The spots don't seem rough to touch...

The algae is kind of brownish and forms on rough spots and cracked areas of the pool (in total about 4 trouble spots in my pool). I guess it's time to SLAM. Thanks, lesson learned!

My free chlorine was a little too low (running between 3-5) instead of 7 for this past week. Yesterday I noticed a couple small algae deposits which can't be brushed off. My combined chlorine has climbed from 0.2 to 0.4 today. I brought my free chlorine back into the recommended range and...