Recent content by bonze82

I'm using a hth 6 way test kit for ch and ta just used the remaining cya as thats the only reagents I have left using a cheap chlorox test kit for the ph and chlorine I know they suck I know they aren't approved better than flying blind. Shocking at night seems to have a better effect than...

The overnight chlorine loss test is 7ppm loss no combined chlorine. I just checked my city water as it was smelling bad again: fc: .5 cc: 3 ph: 8.2 - was 7.4 ta: 190 - used to be 80ppm ch: 0 - used to be 300ppm Previous city water test results are from 3 years ago when I couldn't get the ch to...

I got lucky and some tropical weather dropped my cya way down to around 10 and ch of 210. I had mustard/black/green algea and I think I managed to nick the mustard and green algae out of the pool Finally. I'm still fussing with the black algae shocking nightly with a mustard dose and a brushing...

Thanks was thinking about adding DE to the filter to help filter the other stuff that the sand likes to miss such as the fine white powder that only clarifier seems to help the filter catch. I noticed something and not sure what's going on here every time I slam the pool the cya goes up even...

So as some of you might remember me from another thread my pool is finally clean (mostly still battling mustard algae!) The pool place got a much better testing kit taylor counterlab rx-2 and my stabilizer finally came down to 30-40 and currently slamming the water to kill the mustard once and...

Hey computerguy, ironically I'm also a computer guy here on the northshore...with clients in mandeville/covington I hope I didn't take them from you inadvertently (pre katrina). Anyway I'm gonna leave the pool to the idiot that granny hired as it has caused quite a few arguments already and when...

So apart from draining what do I do to get rid of the severe calcium overdose. Also he backwashed to waste killing the neighborhood drainage/fish pond with a cl of 12.

OMG I never in my wildest dreams would have ever thought a pool guy cold be this stupid. This guy was hired by my relative to get the pool clean and used cal-hypo and trisodium pucks. He used enough cal-hypo to raise the calcium over 800ppm  from 400ppm and had 6 and a half 3 inch pucks in...

Cool thanks for the wheel barrow idea would have never thought about it. Was informed by the pool store to use sodium bromide any thoughts and is there a way to get it out after it's done I'd rather use algaecide/copper.

I'm tempted to get zeolite if not a cartridge. started to remove the dirt residing above the pad to get the trash away from the pump and found water...will have lots of time after the third to do that work. Any advice on removing without loosing the sand from the filter or should I bail on the...

Ok read both articles again to make sure I read them correctly. I should probably go ahead and get a new (recommended) test kit as I don't know the cc just the tc...I know yall hate the digital kits however as stated earlier I have issues color matching these days any that can be recommended...