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my pool store showed my CYA at 111 was really half that... beware :party: :party:

rgk..am testing like that, using TF100 kit. will see what it does tonight.

re tested... CYA is closer to 20 then 25. I can still see dot at 25, but barely, pretty well gone at 20 FC is now 13, was 11.5 at 6:30am, added 80oz of 12%, seems like it should be higher then that. sun is out more then not today, buy only 70deg. I realize I will need some CYA later to keep sun...

good point. I got my kit monday, tested it twice to make sure. was 111 by pool store test, hit 150ish last summer :) drained pool down to 17" deep, then refilled last friday. test was between 25-30 both times, when I lost sight of black dot. will test it again now. I always have this kind of...

will ck the strainer, there were a few leafs a day or so ago. I have no real trees in the pool area, no roof, nothing overhead period. backwashed filter a few times this week, not much to clean, sand is few weeks old. strange though, would not think anything would take root at even the min FC...

cant seem to get proper FC Merged threads. Best to keep all info in this thread until completely done. Folks need to see the history :wink: ...Thanks, Butterfly I have been posting and shocking since Monday. This is my first round with BBB, had my pool 7 years. I have everything written...

ok, thought I would post the shock data for day 2 & 3, this may help guide someone else on the process and appetite this stuff has :hammer: I aimed for shock level of 14ppm through the process. on 6/3 I added my first liquid chlorine, first to reach min FC level, then raised to shock level...

FC is now at 18.5 ppm :mrgreen: was to the ounce per the calc, I think this is fresh batch of 12.5% is why. still should be guaranteed kill at that level. ladder is out pool has been scrubbed will let it drop to 14ppm. not much sun today, may last most of the day, will see

I'm on it boys!! just got 8 more gallons of 12.5%. gonna bring it back up to 13-14ppm, then check hourly and adjust going to pull ladder from pool until I pass OCLT test, then clean and put back what do you guys do overnight? do you do last dose heavy to account for what it eats till morning?...or?

thanks guys I did add chlorine in steps. was not intended to go down that way. did not think I was gonna need to shock it :-D I had zero from refill and wanted to start with 4 ppm->3 pm->dose 1 by 5 pm was 1.5 so added more per calc to hit 10 ppm->dose 2 (shock time per posting here) 6:45 was...

I work from home so testing during day is no prob. did NOT brush the pool this time. will do that this round. don't see any signs of anything in skimmer or around light. this is one of those ladders that partially fills legs with pool water...could that be the 'lair'? pull it out for now? test...

I brought my FC up to 13.5 ppm last night. I added 2 full gallons from around 3pm(zero FC)->till 8:30 when I hit 13.5 ppm. This morning at 7:30am FC was down to 2 ppm, water still looks perfect. do I just go back to 12-13 ppm? was that enough since it ate most of the FC over night? CYA = 30 ppm...

going to go with the Dolphin deluxe 3. Leslies exclusive item, but for the $$ it looks to be a good one. will see!!

Linen: the CYA was done at pool store friday, had no option as I was draining it. was 111 by their test, I just tested with TF100 to get the 20 ppm. I know I am light on CYA now. how would you add more? dry w/sock or? just tested it at about 1 ppm on FC. I think I will shock it since CC is not...