Recent content by Bubba17

The instructions that came with my new automatic pool cleaner say to remove it from the pool before shocking. What does this mean for plastic and rubber parts? We all know that your shock level depends on your CYA level. If I ever have a huge algae problem again and shock it properly, I would...

OK, here is a full set of test results as of this evening: FC 26 CC 0 TC 26 pH 7.6 TA 60 CH 100 CYA 45 Should I be holding the FC a bit higher to shock with 45 CYA?

Thanks for all the replies. Any ideas why it's still so cloudy, and got worse when I added Cal Hypo? I haven't tested everything since Sunday, before I started shocking. I've only added MA, Cal Hypo, and bleach. CH might be a tad higher, but TA and CYA should be about the same. Here they...

Been keeping FC in the mid-20s since Sunday night, and I think the cloudiness has gotten worse. I'm adding bleach in the morning since it's easier to deal with before work. I thought it was clearing up but I added 3 lbs. of Cal Hypo last night and it's much cloudier today. Could this be from...

From what I've read here, the chlorine works better at 7.0-7.2. I must have read it on either the Shock or Algae articles in Pool School. (Of course I can't find it now.) I hope I'm not confusing it with aerating to lower TA. I understand that works LOTS better at lower pH. Correct me if...

Keep FC at 24 until it's sparkling? Holy cow... the water gets too chilly after Labor Day or so. Just kidding. It hasn't been sparkling in months. I've never lost more than 0.5 overnight during the first shock process, so I'm thinking I'll meet that tonight. CC hasn't been more than 0.5...

Started shocking with Cal Hypo on July 3rd. Yeah, I was real popular on 4th of July. It was green and cloudy so nobody was going swimming anyway. Had FC up to 18.5 (with CYA around 45 at that point) and it held overnight, so I let it come back down. The green went away but the cloudiness...

You are correct about MA at Lowes. I looked near the pool stuff and it's nowhere to be found, and the Lowes website shows that it's not carried at ANY store in central NC, but your message reminded me that I'd seen it somewhere. It's actually in the aisle with the paint strippers, furniture...

You calculations appear to be correct. I added the ~7 lbs. of dry acid at 11:30 last night and started aerating. This morning (7:30 am) the pH is around 7.2. Thanks for the info, now I know what to go shopping for. I don't know how many times I've been to the grocery store, Lowe's, and...

Thanks for all the replies. It's hard to tell how much acid to add since the Pool Calculator amount is so sensitive to starting pH and TA. I was getting anywhere from 5 to 14 lbs. just by tweaking the pH and TA numbers within my range of certainty. So I added all the dry acid I had, about 7...

Hi, noob here. Been reading and gathering lots of good information here. Just started using my TF100 test kit and am trying to get off the dichlor/trichlor/CYA train, or as I call it, pool crack. Drained and refilled HALF the pool over the weekend, yes, ~13,000 gal. out of a total 27,500...