My CYA is below 20. I have been trying to raise it, but I need to add more stabilizer. My FC is higher than normal b/c I have been trying to get to 0 from .5 in my CC. It has been 0 for a few days now, so I think I am good. I am just not home to keep an eye on my pool during the day, so I put in about a 1/2 gal. of bleach in the morning and it has kept me at around 8 for a few days. School will be over on Monday; then I can let my FC fall to normal range and then I can keep an eye on it better.
I just wanted to make sure the darned birds weren't undoing all my hard work! Really, I feel sorry for them and hope that there aren't any more surprises tomorrow. I'm afraid to even lift the lid off of my skimmer. GROSS! I wonder if flags or something would keep them away. Somebody mentioned they have birdbaths and house; I wonder if I put out some bird baths if that would help. There's also a lot of bird droppings around the edge of my pool. Really icky!!!!