Recent content by dBsooner

Welcome to TFP! What kind of test kit do you have?

Whoops. Sorry. Just read this AFTER I replied. Thanks for getting it back on track.

I pour neck chest high. 🤣 oh wait, chest high is still bottle / measuring cup slightly submerged in the water of my AGP. 🤣 For real, great advice. Muriatic acid is the way to go. Treat it with respect, but it’s not as scary as some lead you do believe.

Just because no one has mentioned it and it’s important.. we count that as 1, not “between .5 and 1”. When counting drops, you go until there is no more color change. If 1 drop removed most, then 1 more made it clear, it’s 2 drops. Same with changing colors on the other tests. If one more drop...

Maybe she likes the green tint copper can do to blonde hair? Or the staining it can do to pool surfaces. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤣 JK! Copper is terrible! One of my pool stored stories involves a local mom and pops store trying to convince me their $40 bottle of algaecide was what I needed and that I had zero...

I was going to say that’s part of being “Pool Stored”, but @Lake Placid beat me to it with a far more detailed explanation. I was going to go the simpler route of the higher they keep your TA, the more volatile your pH will be causing them to be able to try to sell you pH+ and pH-, and if they...

Welcome to TFP! What are your test results? What type of test kit are you using? Also note that mustard algae is very rare.

Lookin good! Are you brushing daily? Walls and floor.

You can go ahead and raise tonight if you want. I forgot what your TA was? Just curious where it is. It can take 1-3 days to show CYA in results. I usually wait 48 hours before testing CYA after adding. You definitely don’t want to add more than you expect to when you’re about to SLAM. More...

I know you want to start cleaning up the pool. Let’s just hope your ammonia is truly gone and you don’t end up starting over at square 1 by the addition of CYA that would feed ammonia. I would have waited until you can run a full SLAM (need your TF100) before adding CYA. But it’s your pool. :)...

You’d be surprised. That far north and in the shoulder months, you’ll probably only be losing 1-1.5ppm of FC a day from sunlight. The rest you’re losing is probably from killing crud. Which is why that FAS/DPD test will be so helpful. It will give you your Combine Chlorine. High amounts of CC...

You can also email Nate and ask if he can upgrade shipping for you if you want it faster. But I’d use the upgraded shipping money to get a stirrer.

The TFP way doesn’t recommend using algaecides to treat algae. The only time algaecide is ever mentioned is in winterization and only Polyquat 60. A lot of algaecides contain copper. Which you cannot ever remove from the water unless you replace the water. Copper is bad. Metals are bad. Edit...

Go one step at a time. Don’t think about that step yet. Start with the immediate issue of getting your FC to hold.

Get the TF-Pro. Seriously the best investment I’ve ever made for the pool. It’s actually fun testing the water. :) If you want it faster, email them. They usually respond very quickly. They’ll be willing to ship it as fast as you want it for the cost of shipping (you’ll pay extra, but dont have...