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Do i buy some ph up or is there a bbb way to raise ph? I am sorry I am going to do the school again to remember but I have a lot of " Crud" in life right now stressing me out and i can barely remember anything.

Hi, I had a huge algae problem, it finally cleared up and now the water is super cloudy. I had this aqua chem testing kit. ( I will order a better one from here soon as I use these up) They suggest I put in a sink and sweep, it says it takes all the old dead particles and drops it to the floor...

thank you once again! I did read thru it. I am going to study the school info like crazy! takes me a while to get it down. (Blond moments)

What % of the water needs to be drained to be effective in lowering the cya? It is the algae I am fighting and sheesh I have poured so much bleach and algae stuff in it. 60% super algacide. Did I raise the cya by putting all the stuff in it?

so stabilizer is CYA??

yikes so should i get the testing kit before I partially drain it? That seems so dramatic! wont it wear off on its own? lol It seems like its impossible to be too stable :)

Thank you all SOOO much I just tested again using the strips I have for now. I will go to Leslies and get the other testing kit. ( I bought some algae stuff last night and put it in) Meanwhile here are the results TH 250 TC 10 FC10 BROMINE( no idea what this is ) 20 PH 6.8 TA 120 ST100 I am...

Thanks for your reply. The quick answer is... I don't know lol. I dont know the filter size. I bought this house new 9 years ago, put the pool in right away. I wasnt the one taking care of it, I am now tho! I had a pool guy drain the pool last may and its been fine til the last month. I bought...

HI! I am new to this site, looks awesome and I cannot wait to learn more from the pool school. I have read just enough to get me into trouble ;) . I had a tester that had the 3 standard things , ph, cl and acid.... All those tested ok but my pool is green. I went out and bought a 6 thingie...