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Wow -- those varying CYA results don't surprise me about Leslie's! Whenever I drain the pool, I always feel compelled to test CYA at Leslie's to see if we're in the same ballpark. I think I do it bc CYA makes me nervous lol -- it can be such a fine line btwn too high, just right, and too low. I...

It really doesn't get much use. It's definitely a smaller pool at 11,000g. It's behaving very badly!

As suggested, I added chl yesterday evening (vs ususally in morning). At 8pm it was at 5.5 and at 6:30am it was at 5. So exactly like the OCLT test I wrote about in original post - a .5 loss of chl. For other people who live in 110-118 degree climates -- how much liq chl are you adding every day?

That's what I thought - wayyyy too much loss! I calculated that at this rate of loss it'd cost about $150/month in chlorine. And I'm petite so it's already a pain to get chlorine - let alone at this rate! I will do the evening test as you suggested. Thanks so much!

Thanks for the reply! -- I only went to Leslie's (I hate going there) to confirm my CYA after draining the pool, otherwise I use the test kit everyone uses here -- My oclt numbers were 2.5 last night and 2 this morning (but my a.m. is probably actually 2.5 bc I didn't test until 9am this...

I live in Phoenix AZ where it's been 110-118 degrees for over a month now (and ususally no cloud cover whatsoever). It's been tough to maintain chlorine balance in the pool unless I add significant chlorine every day. Pool is 11,000 gallons and gets almost no shade (btw not saltwater). My main...