Recent content by FloridaKnitter

Hi All! I have seen TREMENDOUS improvement in my pool since this time last week thanks to this awesome forum!! I have a couple of questions, though: There seems to be a lingering slight cloudiness that hasn't changed much in the last couple of days. I was in the pool today vacuuming with...

Up until this point, my entire focus this year has been shocking our pool and clearing it up. Well, it's clear, and I'm moving on to other levels. Currently, my pH is 8.0 and my TA is 157. In order to get to my TA and pH goal, I need to add a little more than a gallon of MA. When I bought the...

I have to begin by saying that I am HOOKED to this awesome method of maintaining our pool. We spent a bunch of money at the pool store this year, with NO results. Finally, after taking over the pool from my hubby and strictly sticking to the BBB method, after a week, we are almost there!!! I...

My husband added the calcium that I bought yesterday this morning before I woke up, so it's in the pool. I tested the water with the crappy test that I got a Leslie's to tide me over and am having a hard time distinguishing between the colors, but it doesn't measure as high as I need it to. I am...

OK! Here are my numbers - FC=0 TC=0 CH=120 CYA=0 TA=100 pH=7.4 I went ahead and put in 2 jugs of chlorine. I bought 15 lbs of Hardness Plus ( i know I need more but the guy at the pool store said I didn't have to put all of it in at one time, that the 15 lbs should be enough to at least get me...

never mind - pressure seems okay now

Thanks a bunch for your quick reply!! We just put the filter back in and the pressure is low :(. That sounds like a good plan - cheap kit to tide me over until the good one gets here.

Hi Everyone!! I am so OVER our pool right now and am desperately seeking help. We have lived in our house for almost 6 years now and have had issues over the years, but usually hired a company to help out when it got bad and then took care back over, but never really learning what in the world...