Recent content by astuber

So I am a newbie and had an algae problem. I only had a simple 4 part drop test and chlorine/ph/ta were all fine. I started reading on here and figured high cya was my problem for sure. I bought a test strip which was all I could find at the time for a cya test and thought it showed 100+ so I...

So none of you smart people on this forum use tabs with stabilizer? I guess you could use a small amount of tabs but mix in liquid chlorine also to keep the stabilizer low enough as the water evaporates and you slowly add more water?

I am new and have high CYA and of course the same green algae that everyone else gets. Apparently it is due to using tri-chlor tabs. My question is if the tabs keep adding CYA and the CYA never dissolves (everybody says you have to drain and re-fill) why would anybody ever use tabs? This...

Split by moderator from HERE. Please start a new thread for your questions so you can get personalized responses and avoid confusion in another member's thread. Thanks, jblizzle What is "slamming?" I'm a newbie and have the same color algae problem. Chemical levels are all look normal. The...