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I took that culator out today. It looked like it might explode as it was nearly bursting out of the plastic cage. Their website says to squeeze the air out of it but there is no air in it. It feels solid. Should I get a new one? It seems to be doing quite a good job of catching something, metal...

I just went down to peep at it and it is absolutely stunning to see the difference. It is literally becoming brighter and so much cleaner. Those stains have been in that pool for so long. I never thought it could look like this. Happy, Happy even with the brushing backache!

I lowered the ph today. It’s 7.6 now and I think the TA went down too but who knows with the wacky results. I am stunned at how much the TFP methodology is cleaning up my pool. I feel so very grateful. I know bromine users are a little out of place here but everyone has gone out of their way to...

Still brushing. Here are some pics of the wee nasties. Not sure there’s any improvement. FC is still 20 and the rest of my tests are hard to trust. Ph says 7.8 and TA says 220. CH is 220. Should I trust these tests and lower the PH/TA? Filter was again full of light coffee colored stuff. I can...

I just got my new agent for Taylor so I could test the FC properly again. The FC is 20! But if my CYA is actually 50, then that matches the chart. I haven’t added any bleach for two days. I will let it slide down and stop adding bleach as the Black algae directions in pool school say to keep...

I won’t do it. I started seeing them when the pool started clearing and I began brushing them like crazy. I only have a 5 in brush right now so that is fun. I ordered a 10 in one to help with coverage without getting too big to be able to scrub. I put a tri-chlor puck on a few of the specks with...

Crystal clear water and FC holding at 12 and CC at 0. I think I am done. New problem. I have some black specks in the shady corners that I am afraid might be black algae. I scraped one off and put it on a white napkin and it smeared a little bit. It did not look green, just grayish black. I have...

Wow! I love your style! Sanctuary deluxe!

I only used MPS shock once several months ago. I use Nat Chem’s Perfect Pool Phosfree once a week so I’m wondering if that might have CYA in it. It’s a head scratcher. Bromine tabs wouldn’t have it. Bleach doesn’t have it. I don’t use stabilizer. I used Metal Free and then Jack’s Magic Blue...

Not crystal yet. Still has a wee bit of a blue hue. I have 24 lbs of Robelle Calcium Up. Don’t know why I bought that this time. I’ve always used the ProTeam. I guess it is the same stuff. I will wait and add it as soon as pool goes crystal. Thank you for helping me thru this process. I truly...

Ok, that helps. No wonder I am fumbling with the CYA test. So I will go for a target of 10. That’s good. A little easier to hit that. I think it is coming around. I still have the pesky stains so the whole thing AA was kind of a waste. But, I would not have found TFP if I had not tried it. I...

I never added CYA. Pool was switched over to bromine about 3 years ago. What would cause a CYA reading other than CyA? If I am using liquid chlorine to SLAM the pool, what parameters would I use to calculate the bleach? Just use a zero factor for CYA in the chart? Maybe I should not be trying to...

It is a bromine pool. Am I testing for something that isn’t there? I know I need a CYA level to compute a slam. I’m so confused.

I am a big goober with this testing thing. I just tested CYA with my Taylor and got a 20 reading. Tested with LaMotte and got a 39. I was doing the test incorrectly with Taylor kit and getting readings around 50. Not sure I do any better at LaMotte as you have to crush that tablet completely...

Todays fun is false ph readings with Taylor. In the morning test ph was 7.6. Afternoon test and it had jumped off scale to way over 8. Tested with LaMotte and it read 7.5. I read some threads where this happens during a SLAM so I did not worry too much. Last night I lost 2ppm FC so that was a...