Recent content by DagnyOH

We thought about it, and it probably would have spent less money on water than we did on Clorox! We're going to have to paint or resurface the bottom this fall as the paint has been failing for several years, so figured we would hold off until. We put it off last year as we didn't know which...

Progress! After getting the gunk from behind the light, chlorine stabilized. Finally! Did the extended test for CYA and came up with 150, so a bit higher than the test stick, but it appears to have come down. Haven't had to add any chlorine since last night. Thanks for all the advice. It...

I did not. I used the directions that were with the test kit itself. Thanks for pointing me in that direction - will try the extended test and see what we get. Just cleaned the ooze out from the box behind the light. Not finding any other slimy stuff elsewhere.

Thanks for all the input. We bought the test kit, which arrived last week. The above readings are from the TF-100. The CYA is a bit subjective as you all know. The 100 reading is coming from the kit as well as the aquacheck dip strips we were using previously. On the dip strips it used to...

Hi all. I have been lurking and learning for about a month, and thought we were making great progress with the pool. Then we went on vacation, had to leave the pool on the chlorinator, and we're back at square one. So here's the dilemma. Pre-vacation, we were scrubbing and shocking. Water...