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These help me so much!! Thanks guys!

I have learned so much here first of all and want to thank the people who take the time to answer questions! I am doing wonderful; thanks to you all, testing my pools water! I managed avoiding slamming the pool and right now my cya is 30 with a target of 80 wanted for my swg. I know I need to...

I added 1 gallon of bleach and 28oz of stabilizer into the sock and put it in the skimmer. How long before I test again do you think? - - - Updated - - - Okay perfect this answers my question! Thank you for being so patient so now just test chlorine daily and add more bleach and we will know...

Honestly I think I'm doing FC and cc wrong. So I gill the tube thing to 10 ml then I added two scoops of r-0870. Honestly it is only a slight pink not really even pink at all but not clear. It only takes 1 drop of r-0871 to get it to clear then I add the 5 drops of r-0003 and it does turn pink...

I retested the FC and the CC and I was wrong in those resukts FC - .5 CC - 1 with the new results what should I do now?

Okay just finished and here are all my results: cya - zero FC - 1.5 CC - 1.5 PH - 7.6 alk- 160 CH- 110 based on these results can you provide me steps on how to balance the water? - - - Updated - - - Perfect thank you!!! I'm a little worried about the alk and ch though are those super high...

Okay let me read the other test how to and get back here it's a k-2006 Taylor kit the pool is vinyl it was city water and the book says 5200 gallons I'll go do the other tests now

No I used another test strip kit bc I haven't read all the directions past FC cc and cya lol. The pool isn't bad I've been adding bleach for 3 days but I didn't know how much so I think I went too light. I'm just not sure if I add stabilizer now? I'm also not sure how much bleach should be added...

I just saw your response and you are correct!!! There is a lot I have to learn! Well I never added the stabilizer from the beginning so my Taylor kit came today and my cya is zero, the FC is 1.5 and the cc is 1.5. Alkalinity is still high and ph is normal calcium hardness is low. When you say...

My Taylor test kit came in today and I think I did the tests correct so now I just need direction on what to do. My CYA level is zero, my FC level is 1.5 and my CC is also 1.5 provided I did the tests correctly. I used a test strip for the ph, alkalinity, and calcium hardness. The test strip...

Thank you that helps!! I appreciate you responding so quickly!!!!

Hi, we have the intex ultra frame 18 X 9 X 52 deep with a sand filter and the intex Krystal clear salt water system. Pool has only been up for 1 week and water is now green. Test strip says chlorine and PH are good - alkalinity is HIGH and calcium hardness is low. What should we do to get rid of...