Recent content by BraveJhawk

Check out the TF-Pro (Salt) at tftestkits.net. It is not quite as fancy, but includes a good size of the Taylor reagents. It also helps support TFP. Note: I do not have one, but plan on getting one next season

Yep, just finished brushing and can tell it is much easier to brush now. There is some dirt/dust/algae(?) that is brown and comes up when I brush along the bottom. I'm hoping that gets filtered out soon, but I'll continue SLAMming until it does (as well as the other criteria). The only place I...

The pool is looking much better now. I think either tonight or tomorrow night I will try the OCLT and see if it is actually good. I don't see any algae, but did see and remove a dead mouse in the pool (I guess I really am in the country now). The FC was 16.0 this morning at ~9:00 AM after adding...

I forgot about that when posting, but thankfully remembered before actually adding any acid. Focusing on chlorine. :cheers:

Added chlorine earlier to get to 20ppm Testing pH and FC now. pH: 3 drops of ADR to get to 7.8 or 4 to get to 7.6. Will add muriatic acid according to table in Taylor booklet. FC: 17. Will add chlorine first (before muriatic acid) CC: 0 Temp: 87

Too late not to use dry acid this time. But it was the last of it that I had and I won’t buy more. Considering my tap water is 7.8 pH, I’ll likely have to use Muriático acid in the near future. I’ll try out the SLAM process I’ll add chlorine to get to 20ppm and make sure it passes the tests...

So I drained out a good bit and am now down to 50 CYA: FC: 0.5 CC: 0 pH: 3 drops of ADR to get to 7.8 (I put it into Pool Math app as 8.1) TA: 130 CH: 310 CYA: 50 Temp: 84 I just added about 39 oz of dry acid to lower the pH and will test it again in about an hour. Then I’ll add chlorine...

So, as a newbie want to make sure I drain it properly without messing up the pump or anything. Should I just run the pump with the filter set to Waste? Do I need to have water running into it as I do so that it does not get too low?

pool water: FC: 6 CC: 0.5 TA: 210 pH: 6 drops of ADR to get to 7.8 CH: 520 CYA: ~100 (as stated above) Temp: 87 Tap water: pH: 7.8 TA: 50 CH: 50

Just did the diluted CYA test and it looks like 100 was accurate. About to run the full battery of tests as well as test the tap water as requested.

I am finally using my K-2006 test instead of the strips and… whoa. FC 1 CC 1 pH 6 drops of Acid Demand to get to 7.8 TA 220 CH 570 CYA 100 (or possibly higher) Temp 88°F I had been using tricolor and Bioguard chemicals that the previous owners had left behind. I was sick last week and not...

We just bought our first house at the end of March and as a bonus it has a pool. Just a little 18,000 gal Pebble thing that goes to about 6.5’ deep. It has been fun so far, but the test strips are a little frustrating. just bought a K-2006 (not C unfortunately) test kit before finding TFP and...