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It tested at 18 this morning, and it's been as high as 25 this week. My CYA is still high, probably 85 or 90, but I've had the chlorine at very high levels for 8 days now. If anything's alive in there, it's earned it. I did have some CC, but not much. Maybe 1 ppm. Also, when brushing I'm not...

Update time! I drained the pool down about a foot below the skimmer (I've read that much more than that isn't safe in fiberglass) and refilled it, keeping the chlorine high. It brought the CYA down a little, but not much. In any event, I think the algae is dead at this point. The water is...

I've had it tested several times, and it always reads negative. The stain does come right off with ascorbic acid though. I do it every summer. Chlorine was FC 20, CC 0 when I woke up this morning. It was after sun up, so something burned off but it held pretty high. I left the pump off last...

Chlorine was still pretty high when I got home, but I didn't see a marked change from this morning. CC is down, though. It's about to rain, so I bumped it up a point or two in anticipation. I've also got the hose running to fill it at least a little bit as i have no choice. I need to vacuum what...

That's my plan tomorrow when I'll be home all day and can really watch it. It's tougher when I'm gone to work half the day. I should be able to finish clearing it this weekend. It really does look markedly more clear already.

Didn't quite beat the sun this morning. I overslept thanks to new puppy exhaustion. Anyway, my readings were: FC: 14 CC: 1.5 Last night they were 17.5 and .5, respectively. So, it looks like I've still got algae dying off. That makes sense, there's still a hint of green though it's becoming...

Okay, need a little more advice here. I just got my kit today. Did my chlorine test: FC: 17.5 CC: .5 TC: 18 Okay, that's great assuming my CYA was 50 like Leslie's told me. For a lark, I did a CYA test for myself, and I got a reading of somewhere between 90 and 100. Now, I might have done that...

Tell me about it. This is my second attempt this summer. I had it going fine a couple weeks ago using bleach, and it stained really fast so I took a sample to Leslie's. They had me drop the chlorine back to zero to remove the stain. Of course, the algae shot right back up to what it was, maybe...

Well, my fancy test kit should hopefully arrive via FedEx today, so I'll be able to do an overnight test tomorrow morning. I'm up early with the new puppy every day anyway :)

Mkay. Guess I'll just keep letting the pump slowly do its job. I was kinda hoping to speed it up for the sake of the dog jumping in it all the time. Out of curiosity, when will I know the algae is all properly dead? Is there a particular color or just uh, when it's totally clear?

Pool is still clearing, albeit slowly. I can see relatively well in the shallow end, and was able to make out the color of the leaf net when I scraped at the deep end. It looked like there were some shadows of little junk still sitting down there which I managed to get out. By now, the pool is...

Jacked the chlorine through the roof yesterday when I got home from work. My new test kit gets here tomorrow, so I had to eyeball it using the pool calculator. I can't actually test again past 5 ppm until the new kit arrives, but it should be well into shock range. It appeared to be going gray...

I don't really know how to read one of those pressure gauges though. I'm not sure what pressure level is normal, etc.

Not according to the bottle. It's the 50% algaecide that is sold at Lowe's. It's possible it's got copper as an unlisted ingredient, but it's not the expensive stuff that lists it on the bottle. I've always had metal issues. It's an older hope, and I suspect it's copper from the pipes used for...

That's about what I thought. Thanks for the help. Hopefully the new kit will be here in a couple of days and I can test more accurately. In the meantime, I'm going to start raising the chlorine via bleach since I've got a ways to go. I really need the pool open ASAP. I've got 50+ people showing...