Recent content by abundance56

My husband just got home with pool test from another pool store. It says my CYA is 50. I'm going to have to buy my own CYA test kit....the one I have doesn't test it. pool store are closing here in 10 minutes. I'll check back tomorrow, after I buy a kit, as I won't be able to get to store before...

okay. I'm glad to give up the pucks....as long as I can keep adequate chlorine level in pool. So I'll need to add bleach nightly, to keep the chlorine level, I'm guessing.

So, with a CYA of 100, it prevents the chlorine from working on the algae? If that is true, what level do I have to get it to. I live in Fla, with days of high 90's, and nights of 80's, so I need some CYA in it. What level do you suggest?

Okay. I'll do that. But with the CYA 100, I'm really surprised!

Sure. Temp: 84. Normally, in the past, I have shocked it once a week, and kept chlorine tabs in pool, and this has been sufficient. Here are my values: Total Cl: 0 Free Cl: 0 Combined Cl: 0 (of course) ph: 7.6 TA: 100 CYA: 100 Phosphate: 0 I think that covers it! No obvious algae in the pool...

Just changed to BBB, chlorine has gone to zero twice in last 5 days. What am I doing wrong? Each time I re-chlorinated according to the pool calculator. I 've had this pool for 12 years, and only other time this happened, was when the phosphates were really high. (I live under an oak forest)...