Mustard Algae Revenge

[proavia]

With regular testing, you will burn thru those 0.75 oz reagents pretty quickly.
And you are still missing thee FAS-DPD chlorine test.

Look into getting the TF-Pro test kit from TFTestkits.net
Trusted supplier - fresh reagents - great customer support.

 

[bam0271]

Ok, so the FC level I am getting from the Taylor K-1005 DPD 9-in-1 Test Kit is wrong?

 

[bam0271]

With regular testing, you will burn thru those 0.75 oz reagents pretty quickly.
And you are still missing thee FAS-DPD chlorine test.

Look into getting the TF-Pro test kit from TFTestkits.net
Trusted supplier - fresh reagents - great customer support.

Ok, so the FC results I am getting from the Taylor K-1005 DPD 9-in-1 Test Kit are wrong.?

This so confusing! The TFP Pool Math Calculator uses FC levels to be 4.0 to 8.0 yet your references (and others) are to double digits. i.e. 20 or 50.

 

[proavia]

You reported a CYA of 50
For a CYA of 50 -

• SLAM Process FC level is 20.
• Target FC range is 6-8.
• Minimum FC is 4.

FC/CYA Levels

If you have algae, you need to do the SLAM Process.
In order to do that, you need the FAS-DPD chlorine test. Your present test kit does not include that.

Once all three criteria of the SLAM Process are met and if you truly have mustard algae, you would then complete the mustard algae protocol. But you must successfully compete the SLAM Process first.

CYA and FC are two different test results. You use the CYA result to determine the FC amount.
You never want to allow FC to drop to minimum for your CYA as that invites algae.

 

[bam0271]

You reported a CYA of 50
For a CYA of 50 -

• SLAM Process FC level is 20.
• Target FC range is 6-8.
• Minimum FC is 4.

FC/CYA Levels

If you have algae, you need to do the SLAM Process.
In order to do that, you need the FAS-DPD chlorine test. Your present test kit does not include that.

Once all three criteria of the SLAM Process are met and if you truly have mustard algae, you would then complete the mustard algae protocol. But you must successfully compete the SLAM Process first.

CYA and FC are two different test results. You use the CYA result to determine the FC amount.
You never want to allow FC to drop to minimum for your CYA as that invites algae.

Ok, so I understand with either one of the two test kits you recommend I will obtain readings for SLAM FC level to be 20? Rather than the .5 to 5 range I am now experiencing ?

 

[proavia]

Ok, so I understand with either one of the two test kits you recommend I will obtain readings for SLAM FC level to be 20? Rather than the .5 to 5 range I am now experiencing ?

Yes
You will need the FAS-DPD reagents to be able to accurately measure the FC.

Also suggest you read thru
Pool Care Basics
SLAM Process
Overnight Chlorine Loss Test
FC/CYA Levels

Use PoolMath to log your test results and determine required dosing needs.

For inspiration How Clear is TFP Clear?

 

[bam0271]

Yes
You will need the FAS-DPD reagents to be able to accurately measure the FC.

Also suggest you read thru
Pool Care Basics
SLAM Process
Overnight Chlorine Loss Test
FC/CYA Levels

Use PoolMath to log your test results and determine required dosing needs.

For inspiration How Clear is TFP Clear?

Ok, I'll read them again. I must have missed the part that said FC levels could go beyond 5 and up to 20 or more. Thank you for helping a slow old man at learning new tricks. I'll order whole new test kit.

 

[HermanTX]

Ok, I'll read them again. I must have missed the part that said FC levels could go beyond 5 and up to 20 or more. Thank you for helping a slow old man at learning new tricks. I'll order whole new test kit.

Give us an update on the new test kit.
Even after the SLAM process (where you will raise FC level to 20ppm), you will need to test the FC levels with the FAS/DPD test because your everyday FC level will be 6-8ppm with a CYA of 50.
I would advise to not use the color comparator for FC testing.

 

[bam0271]

Give us an update on the new test kit.
Even after the SLAM process (where you will raise FC level to 20ppm), you will need to test the FC levels with the FAS/DPD test because your everyday FC level will be 6-8ppm with a CYA of 50.
I would advise to not use the color comparator for FC testing.

Ok. Thanks. Which kit do you recommend?

 

[HermanTX]

Ok. Thanks. Which kit do you recommend?

The TF-100 or the TF Pro both are excellent. The TF Pro has the added feature that you get a speed stirrer which is very helpful to have consistent testing. I had to buy that separately because I purchased the TF-100 kit some years ago before the TF Pro came out.
Also, When you buy a full test kit you have the option to get an added package for a discount. I would get the SLAM OPTION. It gives you extra FAS/DPD test reagents.

 

[bam0271]

The TF-100 or the TF Pro both are excellent. The TF Pro has the added feature that you get a speed stirrer which is very helpful to have consistent testing. I had to buy that separately because I purchased the TF-100 kit some years ago before the TF Pro came out.
Also, When you buy a full test kit you have the option to get an added package for a discount. I would get the SLAM OPTION. It gives you extra FAS/DPD test reagents.

Ok. Thank you so much. I didn’t know the color compare test was limited to 5ppm and that it could go higher than 20 ppm with a correct test.

 

[bam0271]

The TF-100 or the TF Pro both are excellent. The TF Pro has the added feature that you get a speed stirrer which is very helpful to have consistent testing. I had to buy that separately because I purchased the TF-100 kit some years ago before the TF Pro came out.
Also, When you buy a full test kit you have the option to get an added package for a discount. I would get the SLAM OPTION. It gives you extra FAS/DPD test reagents.

Hello again,
I thought you might like to know. I received my new TF-Pro kit today, and frankly I was rather disappointed. I had also purchased the pH tester. It came in its own protective container which was apparently forced into the TF-Pro kit; thereby breaking the protective box for the pH tester. The cap of the R-0008 was loose so it spilled the green all over the inside of the TF-Pro case. I cleaned it all up and the other articles seem ok,. but I have no way of knowing if they have been contaminated by the R-0008. Also, 11 of the 14 chemicals included have no expiration date or date of manufacture. How am I supposed to know when they are no longer useful? Just replace everything once a year anyway? Considering the price paid for these things, as well as a pressure gauge, I was surprised at the poor quality control. The pressure gauge has a rubber stopper release valve. Which seems a very strange additive to a pressure gauge. I will say the magnetic mixer is quite cute and helpful. I ran all the tests and see very little difference from my old kit at half the price. It seems to me that TF Test kits and Taylor Test kits and TFP are all very closely related. Oh well, thanks for your advice.

 

[Parac]

Hello again,
I thought you might like to know. I received my new TF-Pro kit today, and frankly I was rather disappointed. I had also purchased the pH tester. It came in its own protective container which was apparently forced into the TF-Pro kit; thereby breaking the protective box for the pH tester. The cap of the R-0008 was loose so it spilled the green all over the inside of the TF-Pro case. I cleaned it all up and the other articles seem ok,. but I have no way of knowing if they have been contaminated by the R-0008. Also, 11 of the 14 chemicals included have no expiration date or date of manufacture. How am I supposed to know when they are no longer useful? Just replace everything once a year anyway? Considering the price paid for these things, as well as a pressure gauge, I was surprised at the poor quality control. The pressure gauge has a rubber stopper release valve. Which seems a very strange additive to a pressure gauge. I will say the magnetic mixer is quite cute and helpful. I ran all the tests and see very little difference from my old kit at half the price. It seems to me that TF Test kits and Taylor Test kits and TFP are all very closely related. Oh well, thanks for your advice.

Have you emailed [email protected] with your issue? They are good about making things right.

Taylor is a fully separate company that makes the reagents and their own kits. Tftestkits I believe was originally started by a TFP member and is now run by his daughter and son in law. Tftestktis repackages Taylor reagents with amounts that are more useful for individual homeowners.

 

[bam0271]

Have you emailed [email protected] with your issue? They are good about making things right.

Taylor is a fully separate company that makes the reagents and their own kits. Tftestkits I believe was originally started by a TFP member and is now run by his daughter and son in law. Tftestktis repackages Taylor reagents with amounts that are more useful for individual homeowners.

Yes, I have emailed them with what I received and am currently awaiting a reply. So, we shall see. I knew there had to be a connection to all three. Too many of the same items, etc. with them.

 

[HermanTX]

Hello again,
I thought you might like to know. I received my new TF-Pro kit today, and frankly I was rather disappointed. I had also purchased the pH tester. It came in its own protective container which was apparently forced into the TF-Pro kit; thereby breaking the protective box for the pH tester. The cap of the R-0008 was loose so it spilled the green all over the inside of the TF-Pro case. I cleaned it all up and the other articles seem ok,. but I have no way of knowing if they have been contaminated by the R-0008. Also, 11 of the 14 chemicals included have no expiration date or date of manufacture. How am I supposed to know when they are no longer useful? Just replace everything once a year anyway? Considering the price paid for these things, as well as a pressure gauge, I was surprised at the poor quality control. The pressure gauge has a rubber stopper release valve. Which seems a very strange additive to a pressure gauge. I will say the magnetic mixer is quite cute and helpful. I ran all the tests and see very little difference from my old kit at half the price. It seems to me that TF Test kits and Taylor Test kits and TFP are all very closely related. Oh well, thanks for your advice.

I am sorry you had a bad experience with the TF Pro kit. I know they will want to have feedback and try to make things right. Especially the ph Meter which appears should have been packaged separately.
TFTestkits ensures all reagents are valid for 1 year from your purchase date. They only use Taylor reagents and repackage them to provide more volume to enable more tests to be conducted.
A liquid filled pressure gauge always have a rubber stopper. Please read the instructions that came with the gauge.

 

[HermanTX]

Taylor is a fully separate company that makes the reagents and their own kits.

just so you are aware - Taylor Technologies is a separate company but were purchased by Jandy a year or so ago. Jandy has a vast number of subsidiaries and/or marketing names under the Jandy name.

 

[bam0271]

I am sorry you had a bad experience with the TF Pro kit. I know they will want to have feedback and try to make things right. Especially the ph Meter which appears should have been packaged separately.
TFTestkits ensures all reagents are valid for 1 year from your purchase date. They only use Taylor reagents and repackage them to provide more volume to enable more tests to be conducted.
A liquid filled pressure gauge always have a rubber stopper. Please read the instructions that came with the gauge.

Thanks. I read the instructions with the gauge.