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I was also going by the levels that are shown in Pool School, which the ideal levels for TA are 60-80, which are the same in the app. I was trying to maintain the levels as shown in both the school and the app. I'll just make sure they all stay in acceptable ranges going forward. Thanks for your...

I thought with my TA level at 90 I was good but according to the Pool Math app, my level is too high and it's telling me to add acid to lower it? Maybe I have my target set to low? I have it set to 70 because I was trying to stay in the middle of the "ideal" range as shown on the app for TA. If...

Hey Everyone, I just picked up a gallon of Muriatic acid today for our pool. I thought before I add any, I would search the forum to see if there's any posts showing how much acid to add to begin lowering the TA but haven't found any. I see posts about lowering the pH and lowering the TA by...

we probably got about an inch of rain here this afternoon and my pool was down a bit from everyone swimming in it. Maybe I need to look into a filtration system for our pump because we are on well water here, and the water we are pumping out of the ground is spring water. I'm going to recheck...

I went to Lowes and they didn't have muriatic acid in with the pool supplies but I didn't think to look in the concrete area for it. That's why I asked if it would have been part of another product sold for pools but I'll go look in the building supply or at Home Depot and get it there. To...

Good Afternoon Matt, I did my chem check this morning and I followed the directions I got from the PoolMath app. I retested this afternoon at 13:30 and almost everything is where it should be according to the app except for my TA which is 110. The app states to lower it by adding acid. My...

Okay Matt, and thanks again for your help.

When I checked the pool this morning, all the CYA I added yesterday has dissolved as far as I can see. I plan on checking the levels again in the next hour to see how the sun has affected the chlorine. What would you suggest for the acid Matt? I'll post the new levels when I get them. Thank you...

Good News! I got my TF-100 test kit yesterday, but the results were not good. I was low or zero on most everything. I had purchased stabilizer before I switched to chlorine but hadn't used it so I put approx 9lbs of stabilizer in the water and 3lbs of shock last night. I got up this morning and...

will do thank you both!

Okay, just got back from one of the local pool outlets and had my water tested. It was almost comical to listen to everything he tried to sell me on including a $940 salt chlorination system. I got 2 containers of liquid chlorine but haven't added anything to the pool yet. I'll list the results...

I have pristine super shock. I was going to shock the pool tonight but now we have thunderstorm warnings again! I drained the pool down about 3 inches in hopes if it does rain, it will pour again between tonight and tomorrow morning when it's supposed to finally be over and then I can begin to...

That's a big relief, thank you JoyfulNoise! The directions on the shock say 1 lb for each 10k gallons so I'm planning on putting in 3 pounds tonight because with all the rain, my pH level is extremely low right now. I'll check it in the morning with the test strips that I have after running the...

We live in north Florida around Gainesville area, and we have dove head first into pool ownership again. We have had smaller above ground pools over the years as our 3 oldest children grew up but this time we really jumped into it. We have a 33' x 54" round, above ground Venetian pool. This pool...

Thank you all very much for your help. I just ordered a TF-100 kit so as soon as it comes in I can post my levels. I still haven't decided whether to drain the pool again or not but I'm hoping as the copper level keeps dropping, I can convert to chlorine without having to go to that length...