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I knew you had the answer. I just did not know what comes first, the chicken or the egg. Thanks and will do-the pool should be filled up by nightfall.

Hi

After many disappointments trying to get the chemicals in the pool that came with this home right, we finally removed it and now have a brand spanking new vinyl pool. 30' by 4.5' high. Anyway, it is almost filled with our well water, which has no ph, cya, etc in it. So..what to put into the...

Well, I discovered a leak in the liner and the steps FILLED with algae. I abandoned it until a few days ago. We are now getting either new liner or new AGP in next few weeks. A new thread will be started.

So far, so good. The cl is holding steady.

What has changed you ask? I was called out of state due to a family medical issue.

6 drops = 3 FC level.

NO!! NOT PH. Chlorine test [my misprint.]. It looked clear as water without any yellow drops added. Ph IIRC was midscale.

Well, well. We returned home late last night with clear water in our pool. A [oops-edit--not ph] chlorine check this morning showed -0- on the scale. So, I poured another 3 gallons of 10% into the pool about 2 hours ago. The cl still indicates above the limits of my tester, but that is to be...

I assume the pump needs to be off as there will not be anyone to watch the sand filter pressure.

Grump grump. I got the PH back to 7.2 and was ready to SLAM first thing in the morning. Bad news though, a family emergency and have to be gone until Sunday. I hope the pool is not too bad when we get back. The current FC is still about 0.0 and am tempted to dump 4 or 5 gallons of bleach in...

I have not done a OCLT per say, but I have tested chlorine late in the evening and discovered it back to 0 in the morning. I guess that is close enough.

I am spending a lot of $$ on chlorine trying to get chemistry right in my pool. The wife is ready to call a pool pro.... Anyway the current info taken minutes ago are FC=0.0 PH=8.0 TA=90 CH=0.0. CYA=60. Background; 29 oz Borax (20 Mule) , 69 oz 10% bleach added 2 days ago--42 oz Baking...

This is terrible but I still recall my younger brother dancing around when a bee/wasp/ whatever it was got up both of his pants legs. This was way back in time, he was maybe 4 or 5 years old at the time. I was not much older. I'm sure it was anything but funny to him.

I was talking to a fellow pool owner the other day, and he told me he installed a fitting on the output side of his filter-the line going to the eyes, and placed a plant watering wand in it, pointed at the middle of the pool. He said the kids have fun with the shower, mist, etc settings while...