Recent content by algaspar

& mine was brand new mid June :(

Both kits are Taylor's. One ordered through the link here and the other picked up at Leslie's. I also grabbed some strips. All test the same. I always add acid to the pool in the deep end. I've had a pool for 10 years, and I've never had a PH issue before. Other than waiting longer than...

I thought it was odd, but I double checked my readings. I even got a new test kit and tested one against the other. The readings matched and are consistently high. The tech that replaced the heat exchanger says the copper is getting thinner and thinner. Could I have gotten a bad one...

The water in St. Louis County, Missouri ranges from 9.7 to 10 according to the water company, and it measures off the scale with my basic Taylor test kit. When I opened our pool just after Memorial Day, I found out that our heater was shot (bad sensors; repair cost too high and repair...

Another five and a half bottles of 8.25% bleach this morning. The chlorine is just being eaten up, but the water is clearer... This is getting old :-( --Al Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ok. The water is looking clearer with a little sudsing on the surface. I thought I'd. Take advantage of the low CYA and I'm doing my slam at about 16. I've given it four treatments at 12 hour intervals. I'm thinking it will likely take two more :-( After the slam should I add CYA, do another...

Wonderful. So that is where a couple hundred bucks of stabilizer went :-( and now i have the stain back. I wanted to close after labor day. Maybe I should close now :-( Thanks-- Al

And the slam or lowering the pH has brought back the stain; so the sequestrant seems to have done nothing... Or maybe that's what ate my CYA :-). --Al

Ok. This is getting crazy. I added sequestrant Friday and started a slam last night. I got my pH down to 7.2 first. I then went and checked my CYA; it was completely clear, and I tested twice. Filling all the way to the top of the tube, there was no sign of CYA. I have not had any water loss...

Thanks!

Coming back from the "Testing concerns" thread. I'll keep the conversation here. I have added sequestering agent, but now that the pool is cloudy how long do i need to wait before starting a slam? Last time the slam brought out the iron stain. Thanks-- Al

Re: Testing concerns I am moving this thread back to "Bright green pool, metal?" I have added sequestering agent, but now that the pool is cloudy how long do i need t wait before starting a slam? Last time the slam brought out the iron stain... Thanks-- Al

Well I did move it to "Testing concerns" :-(. I guess I could cut and paste it back together. Let me know. The one reply said not to worry about my SWG not complaining about the low salt levels. Unless there were "other signs that the SWG may be having problems". Could my low FC be a sign...

Re: Testing concerns I was thinking of dropping one off at another Leslie's just to see.... :) But even if they're off, and my 2400-2600 is right, why isn't my SWG complaining of low salt? Thanks-- Al Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Testing concerns I have a TFT 100 test kit as well as the L-1766 salt test kit (new kit this Summer). I am getting concerned particularly with my salt readings. Almost two weeks ago a tech that came out to check my pump and I got 3400 for a salt reading. The tech added a bag of salt. A...