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UPDATE: Things are looking good. I replaced the sand which was not a fun job, but still wasn't that bad. I took the FC back up to 15 (it was at 3) and so far it has held for about 3 hours with 0 CC...I'll check again before I go to bed and again in the morning. If it does hold tonight, do I...

Thanks for the replies. My TF-100 test kit just showed up yesterday, which gives me MUCH better results than those test strips I got at the pool store...especially with such high levels of FC. At 4 a.m. I was at 15 FC and then at 7 a.m. I was at 14.5, and still 0 CC - the water never turned...

Hi all. Just bought a new house a few weeks ago, complete with a pool...first time pool owner/maintainer. Previous owner had it installed in the fall of 2007 and decided to use baquacil. When I moved in, my pool-owner neighbors convinced me chlorine is much better for me. Last week (before I...