Recent content by BigPoolowski

Just reporting back to close the loop on my question: Within about 48-60 hours of adding the Borax, the water turned clear again. I didn't do anything special, and all the other numbers are essentially the same. I'd be open to the possibility that adding a lot of Borax at one time to a pool...

Thanks for the welcome--having a chemistry background myself, the TFP approach struck an obvious chord. Yes, I tested using my own new TFP test kit. At the time I did the tests above, all the chlorine was whatever the pool guys used, presumably some sort of pool store stabilized granules. I...

I'm a new pool owner, and I just took over from the "pool guys" after they opened the pool. 27k gallons, in-ground plaster, DE filter. I had armed myself with the TFP testing kit and read through pool school. When the pool guys were done, they left the pool as follows: Temp: 74F CYA: 70-80...