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Impatiently awaiting the arrival of my test kit! :( In the meantime, I’ve been educating myself and reading all of the information provided here about water chemistry and pool math. Must say I’m feeling a little more confident that I can take control of my pool and get it in shape!! I do find...

Okay so until my test kit arrives, I went to pool store just to see what their test levels say. They say the following: Ph: 7.7 ALK: 115 Hardness: 121 TDS: 1200 FC: 0.9 Total Chlorine: 6.5 CC: 5.6 Cya: 150 Optimzer plus: 2 Since the pool is now a very cloudy aqua blue, they suggested power...

Will do!!

I know, right?! Can't wait to figure this out!!

Oh okay. Hopefully it will arrive soon! Thank you!

Thank you all for the helpful information. I've ordered a good test kit but until it comes, I'm battling the green. I have test strips from last year and used that and according to that, it looks like my numbers are as follows: Hardness: about 250 Total Chlorine: 0 Free Chlorine:. 0 Ph...

Ph: 7.6 Free chlorine: 0.9 Alk: 50 Total chlorine: 8.6 Cya: 150 Hardness: 119 These were on the printout from pool store

Okay so I've been reading all of the very helpful information about pool chemistry, etc... But I'm horrible at math so I'm wondering how much bleach I should use (and how can I tell the % as I don't see it listed on the bottle) if my pool company says I need to add 32 bags of burn out 3...? I...