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Its all i can do to hold them back since it looks so clear!!

Evening numbers: FC = 37 CC = 0 PH = 7.8 Do I have to wait until after dark to get my sample for the over night test? :? Once I accomplish the 3 points for shocking, then can I let the FC drift down to the target level of 7.5? 26 is the Shock level.

Yep! He is stronger than i am and just turned 7. Thanks for the crash course everyone! I am smiling.

Thanks Dave. That make since! I am off to test again. Maybe my numbers are too high :)=)

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 585&type=1 Try this for pictures and let me know if it works.

duraleigh, it didn't seem to me like the CC was sensitive enough of a test to detect a .5 level. I had a tough time determinining if it was 0 or 1 today when I tested it. I did it twice. Can you tell me if pinkish hue is the same as going from pink to clear against a white back ground? Am I...

It looks blue as the sky and mostly clear.... THX. :-D When can we swim?? How do I post a picture of the pool? :?:

8-) Update: test kit came in about 10am today!! :-D My test time was 11am - but it took me a while to learn and double test for accuracy - took until 12 noon ;) (Hubby did add about 3 inches of water this morning before the test kit came - using the old test kit and dilution method the FC...

Based on those numbers and the calculator, we added 7 182oz jugs of 6% bleach, and 32 oz of 20% muriatic acid.

Ok, the numbers I have with x2riders help are: FC 10 (was that FC or TC?) I wrote down FC CYA 100 PH 7.8 TA 370 Calcium Hardness 350

What is OTO? Couldn't i use RO water that we drink? How do you do the dilution method? My test kit is suppose to arrive sunday. The water is clear now, there is some settled dusty green debris settling in the bottom but not much, by tomorrow it will probably be all clear even with the low...

Thanks everyone... will report when i have better numbers. Dara.

25psi before and 14 after, and 14 tonight. yes it is running 24/7. the filter is about 28 - 30 inches in diameter. You want us to clean it more often than the weekends? If i use the more conservative CYA of 50 and a FC target of 20, the calculator suggests adding 4 gallon 2 quarts of 6% bleach.

ok, i memorized the pool school how to shock instructions. i have been following that pretty well this week, but not vacuuming as much as should have. We have a cartridge filter.

sorry forgot.... yes we cleaned the paper coagated type filters on Sunday.