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Thanks guys! I want to borate my pool after I get my numbers right and stabilized. What effect would doing that have on the chemicals I add now, at the beginning? Can I use the pool calculator and my TF100 test kit to get borate numbers now?

I'm unsure what to add for targets. My first instinct is to go with the lowest number recommended but I really don't understand yet the relationships, cause/effects of the chemicals. Targets pH= 7.5 FC= 3 TA= 70 CH= 250 CYA= 30

Thanks Carlos31820 I was just looking at the terms again in pool school. I noticed on the pool calculator that the numbers change depending on the setting for "Use suggested goal levels from". Do you know what the differance is between Traditional Pool and TroubleFree Pool.com? I entered my...

Dave, To be honest, I'm not really sure what a stabilizer is. I want to go the BBB route if possible, if that's what you mean. I'm reading as much, and as quickly, as I can in the pool school section. I think I need to make a three ring binder and populate it with the reference material so I...

Since the daytime temps have been climbing into the high 80's/low 90's, and the RO company has yet to call back to notify us that they and their equipment were ready to go, we decided to drain and re-fill. Drain will be complete in a few more hours. I tested the fill water and had the following...

I just received a call from them. His quote was $300 to do 7500 gallons and that it would take 7 - 8 hours. If you're thinking of calling them be forwarned, he said they are having problems with both their website and their e-mail. He also said that below 70 degrees or so of water temp the...

I had decided to wait to do another water sample analysis until after I could get a quote for a RO treatment from Calsaway in Scottsdale. Sadly, despite multiple attempts at getting someone to contact me, I've had no response from them to date. Do you think they're simply too busy for new customers?

Jason, I requested an RO treatment quote from Calsaway this morning. At 7500 gallons it's not prohibitively expensive to drain and refill the pool. On the other hand, the thought of starting a water maintenance program with post RO numbers is appealing. Again, due to it's small size (a lap...

Jason, thank you for your reply. I'll perform the CH test again tomorrow morning using the extended test directions. I've not checked the fill water but I will do that tomorrow as well. I'm in metro Phoenix.

Using my new TF100 test kit and Speedstir, for the very first time, I had the following results today: FC: 28.5 CC: 0 TA: 230 CYA: 100+ Calcium 3000+ (after 300 drops I gave up on it changing color) PH:7.8 Cl/Br: quite a bit darker than the darkest shade on the standard Water is cloudy and 60...

Ok, just ordered the TF100 test kit. I also bought replacement sand as I noted debris and plant particulates on the sands surface. After draining half the pool and re-filling several days ago, running the pump and pool vac for several days and keeping the pool covered after re-filling, todays...

I'm going to order the TF100 kit and speedstir later this evening. All that's left now, I think, is the pool cover and a hand net. :-D

I just bought a used Hayward off of CL. I hope the guy was honest...

Thanks Bama, a good test kit is on the short list of things to get done now.

I've no booster pump, just the single pool pump. I guess I'm off to see what a booster pump costs...