Recent content by dottie

I wanted to check back and thank everyone on the site who responded to me. About a day or so after my last post my pool cleared right up and has been sparkling ever since. I do test the water every day and keep adding chlorine as needed. I'm so glad my neighbor found you're site and suggested...

This is what the pool store told me after the water refill: FC- 6 CC- 6 CYA- 74 PH- 7.5 TA- 148 CH- 256 Let sit overnite again and revacuumed and then added one gallon of 12% chlorine. My neighbor tested with the TF 100 at 6:30 pm tonight. The numbers are: PH- 8.0 FC- 10 CC- 0.5 TA- 160 CYA-...

Thanks again for the suggestions. I drained my pool down and then refilled and let it sit overnight. I can now see the bottom at least. I vacuumed this morning and am going to let it settle again, vacuum and then retest the water. Most importantly, I ordered the TF test kit this morning and...

Thank you both for your suggestions. I have read (and reread) the defeating algae article. It is very helpful in understanding the problem and realizing that it will take awhile to fix the problem. I have also read almost all of the other articles in pool school and they are very informative...

Hi, I'm new to this site and my neighbor has graciously used her TF100 test kit to test my green pool. Here are the results of the test. PH- 7.8 FC- 14 CC- .5 TC- 14.5 TA- 170 CYA- 80 CH- 450 The pool is lime green and have been vacuuming and adding all kinds of chemicals from the local pool...

Hi, I'm a new member who is really struggling with keeping my pool clean. My wonderful neighbor has told me about this site and it seems really helpful. I'm from the Buffalo area and we've had alot of rain this summer. Talk to you soon, Dottie.