Recent content by Becominghopkins

Here's the state of the water earlier this week, versus the water this morning after he shocked it last night, and put the algaecide in it. I've been trying to post that for an hour, duh

I'm not sure about the test they did, my husband went because he got off an hour earlier that I did. This is just what he told me, he said they took our water, separated it, and put it in a "machine". I asked if it was a computer and he said no. We know two people that use these guys in our...

Yeah I stood there watching the algaecide going in with my lips clamped and teeth gritted. :rolleyes: I said no more pool store for you! Off to walmart I shall go. We have a test kit, but like I said it looks complicated. I'm going to try my best tomorrow on my day off to figure it out and if...

Thank you everyone! The good news, we took the water sample to the pool store, there was zero bromine, zero chlorine, zero anything but algae lol. They were very familiar with the previous owner and the pool, knew the gallons, (10,000) the size the location of the drain and skimmer, everything...

Hello everyone! :salut: I'm sure this has been covered at some point, so forgive me. We just closed and moved into our house last week. Yesterday we were preparing to shock the pool, or as I call it, the tadpole infested swamp, we had a few gallons of regular household bleach and had brushed...