Well to my surprise I RCV the test kit and salt test strips on saturday and I just ordered them on friday, two thumbs up on them for a fast response. I went out and tested the water i forgot to grab my chemical nrs to share but my salt was at 2000K per the electronic reading Friday night so i threw in 80lbs of salt (I've some what figured out that 40lbs brings it up approx, 700 ppm ( guess is the right terminology)) i checked it on saturday and the electronic reading was 3400, now the salt test strip gave me a reading of almost 4000, so I'll either cut back on the salt or take the average of the two and thats 3700. I try to keep the salt right about 3500, with all the neighborhood kids i lose allot during the summer. I used the blue test kit and it showed no chlorine so i set it to boost mode over night. the PH was way down (i guess this was caused by the M. acid i added to get the scaling off the wall during the winter) so i was on the hunt for 20 mules, i found 6 boxes at the french store (Target) of course i bought all six at $2.99 each. the cashier looked at me like i had loads of laundry to do. i added 1 box (4lbs) not knowing how much to add boy was i wrong, the PH went high and the water turned green. and over time it got greener. so about 1530 i went to HD and grabbed some M. Acid and added two gals and within 3 hours the green was going away. it's dark out at 5am this morning so I wasnt able to see how clear see is till my kids get up and call me. i plan on doing all the chemical test later today and post the nrs. i was getting some funky colors when I tested this weekend which are not on the list so standby for those maybe yall can tell me whats going on. thanks again for all the info and the test kit.