New to this. I just got the TA down with muratic acid. My pool is very cloudy. What should I do next?
Cloudy water TA finally down
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It is essentially impossible to know what is going on with the water without test results. A high quality test kit is indispensable and will save you lots of money and time going forward.
In the meantime, give us what you have and we will see if we can figure out what is going on from that.
In the meantime, give us what you have and we will see if we can figure out what is going on from that.
Just done the test strip again. I guess the ta isn't down. It's finally on the charts tho. Blah, this is driving me crazy. I added a gallon of muratic acid today. Guess I'll get more tomorrow. Everything else tested good beside chlorine is at like 0.
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Good, reliable test results are critical to getting and maintaining good water quality. Without actual numbers, it's difficult for us to help. A zero chlorine is insufficient. The correct chlorine level depends on your cyanuric acid level. You probably need to go through the Slam process.
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It could be anything. The strips are worthless for reading anything accurately, except perhaps Ph.
Can you get to a Walmart? They sell a 6-way drop based kit by HTH that can test for CYA for about $20. If you order the K-2006 from Taylor or the TF test kits TF-100, you'll have in a few short days. You need to be able to properly test - strips don't cut it... I'm sorry. :-(
Can you get to a Walmart? They sell a 6-way drop based kit by HTH that can test for CYA for about $20. If you order the K-2006 from Taylor or the TF test kits TF-100, you'll have in a few short days. You need to be able to properly test - strips don't cut it... I'm sorry. :-(
Wish we could give you concrete advice but as you have noticed, we all have our hands tied behind our backs waiting for you to make your next move which is to purchase a reliable test kit. I would caution you against dumping more acid in the pool until you can get a TF100. You can compare them here :lookhere: Test Kit Comparison.
When you're ready to take control of your pool and stop relying on the cheap and unreliable way to test, we'll be here to help you every step of the way.
While you're waiting on your test kit, here are some really important links in Pool School that you can take a look at:
:lookhere: ABC's of Pool Water Chemistry
:lookhere: How to Chlorinate Your Pool
:lookhere: Chlorine CYA Chart
:lookhere: Recommended Levels
:lookhere: Pool Calculator Instructions
When you're ready to take control of your pool and stop relying on the cheap and unreliable way to test, we'll be here to help you every step of the way.
While you're waiting on your test kit, here are some really important links in Pool School that you can take a look at:
:lookhere: ABC's of Pool Water Chemistry
:lookhere: How to Chlorinate Your Pool
:lookhere: Chlorine CYA Chart
:lookhere: Recommended Levels
:lookhere: Pool Calculator Instructions
I'm going to go somewhere tomorrow and find a test kit. I will get back to you when I can get more accurate readings.
It is very rare to find one of the recommended FAS-DPD test kits locally ... they generally have no idea what you are talking about or will try to convince you that the DPD is the same, it is NOT!
Pool looks a little better this morning. Cya is 30-50. Ta looks a little high at 180 or more. Ph looks about 8.4. Fc still 0 tho. Where can I order the test kit and what should I do til it comes?
You really need the Taylor T-100 test kit...I fought my pool for one whole year because of cheap test kits. Could have paid for several T-100 kits with wasted money spent on chemicals not needed. Plus when you order the kit you will get amazing support from them on issues with pool.
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