Recent content by buckeyechad

sounds good ....i will get one today and give it a shot. if it does work......how high would the chlorine need to be and for how long? thx again chad

ok. so i now have water balanced fc 4.0 tc 4.0 cya 70 salt 3100 ta 120 ph 7.4 now what in the heck do i do about the staining.....it is a very light green.........how do i test to see what it is??

ok. off to get cya, acid, and salt thx, chad

so i should get all the chemical straightened out first....then worry about the staining? is this correct? thx, chad

ok....so pool almost full. i have light blue plaster. here are my readings: tc 0 fc 0 ph 7.8ish ta 120 ch 110 salt 0 cya 0 so now what do i do!!!??? looking forward to the advice!! chad

hello all. i live in tucson, az and getting ready to start up pool for spring. i have an 18k gallon salt water inground pool with gunite and in floor cleaner. i have had the pool for 3 years now and had calcium levels of 800ppm and decided to drain, clean calcium off tiles and pool is...

what is the best way and where can i get....have a kit that had tube in it to test it (from leslies) but lost tube and now need new tube or way to test thx

has anyone used it before? i have calcium build up on my tile and dont want to spend the next five years scrubbing the tile. my calcium was at 550 so i drained some water and added more and now CH is about 360. poured in scale tech today (and have water at top of tile level for scale tech to...

I have an autofill hooked up to the pool before the water softener......pretty smart, huh? I am going to turn it off and start refilling from my outside bib that is softened water...potasssium softened. Not enough rainfall to consistently use mother nature to keep pool full....but a great idea.

i live up in oro valley. has anyone tried the kleanzit product??? Just wondering if it is more effective than MA reduced to 50-75%. I will probably end up draining about 3k gallons out of the pool and try MA to the tiles to get the scaling off and then see where my CH is after draining and...

spoke with pool company thanks for the advice so far. i talked with my pool builder and a buddy who does pool chemical service, they both said not to worry about it until it hits upwards to 1000ppm. that just sounds like a lot to me and i want to extend the life of all my equipment the best i...

Hello all. This is my first time visiting and did not find anhy postings to answer myh question....so here it is. New pool last June, Salt water, 18k gallons, light blue plaster, inground with pop up cleaners, tucson arizona. Calcium up around 550 ppm...all other chemicals within suggested...