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There is a leak in the liner and we are losing water at roughly 6-8" a day. As the water is too cold and the wife wants to get a new liner next year anyways what should we do? Do we just drain it/let it drain itself? Do we drain, Repair and fill (but how much)? We are worried about the walls of...

I have returned the tabs and chlorinator for said tabs! And as you wrote don't need to slam because my water is just added and looking great! So all I need to do until something looks off is keep the chlorine and pH inline daily (using the good ole bleach) And just need one confirmation that...

I got the "half drop" by it was pretty darn clear at 5 and really clear at 6 so I average the number... - - - Updated - - - For the shocking just thought is was the thing to do every so often to keep it at bay...

Here are the results and what I did to achieve them and after: 5/27 9:30pm added 28oz of 8.25% bleach 5/27 10:00pm added 64oz instant conditioner 5/28 7:15am AquaChek dipstick method pH: 8ish FC: 3-4 Alk: 80-90 CYA: 30-50 Taylor K-2006 method pH: 8 Chlorine: -7.5 drops = 3.75ppm FC -1 drop =...

Update #1: -added 27oz of 8.25% Bleach at 9:30pm -added 64oz of instant conditioner @ 10:10pm Will retest for everything in the morning filter being run overnight, and will repost results...

Wait just re-read the statements...stay away from the PhosFree **** for now and work on the chlorine , CYA and pH... And those steps use liquid chlorine, then the conditioner and then to keep it kinda balanced use the 3" tabs using the inline. Also use the pool calculator to figure out what to...

Ok so I'll go get some liquid chlorine add that as recommended by the pool calculator then since I don't have granular CYA , I'll use the liquid conditioner that they sold me? Then tomorrow after a run of 12 hours or so I'll retest everything to see where it stands. Also when do I shock and...

The test kit is Taylor K-2006

My testing came up with the following: Test 1 all new water 5/27 Chlorine: 10ml sample -After adding R-0870 sample turned ever so slight pink -2 drops of r-0871 to turn clear - .5*2 drops is 1ppm free chlorine - after adding 5 drops of r-0003 almost not present pink - 1 drop of r-0871 x .5 =...

The summary of the tests from the pool center were: FAC:0 TAC:0 CH:60 CYA:0 TA:100 pH:8 Copper:0 Iron:0 TDS:300 Pho:300 4600 gallon pool (15'*42"), vinyl, above ground These results are after a 96% refill without any chemicals being added Question being: Was told to do the following steps...

Also I attached but haven't used a Hayward CL200 Automatic Pool Chemical Feeder. What setting do I set that to after adding the pucks?

So we drained the whole pool, and refilled...After running a brand new cartridge for 36+ hours straight here are the test results: Test 1 all new water 5/27 Chlorine: 10ml sample -After adding R-0870 sample turned ever so slight pink -2 drops of r-0871 to turn clear - .5*2 drops is 1ppm free...

The CYA is definitely way over 100 because there is very little water while doing that test. They only list the numbers from 30 being near the top of the tube to 100 being about halfway down and we only have maybe 1/8th of it full. - - - Updated - - - Is there something else we should try...

If I were to guess 150-200 since there are no numbers below the 100 mark (meaning there is very little liquid in the small container). Does this mean we need to drain the entire pool or are there alternative solutions or another test we should run before considering this?

To all that can help shed some light on my pool that came with our new house near Boston (place given incase weather matters). We have never had a pool but the pool is an above ground pool that is 4' by 18-20' circle. We have only run the filter without shocking or adding any chemicals since...