Recent content by gslightner

Thank you profusely for your advice! I retested the CH using a 10mL water sample. This time I got a CH value of 875 as opposed to 520. I added R-0012 (drop & swirl) & the sample gradually went from pink to purple and I stopped adding drops when the sample looked completely blue. The CH...

Got new water in the pool and it finally looks amazing! Using the Taylor Complete kit I ran a set of tests on 2 consecutive days and have the following results. pH = 7.4 TA = 120 FC = .5 CC = 0 CYA = 39 CH = 520 The CH is really high. We just drained the pool almost halfway and had 9600...

Thank you so much for that recommendation and link! Bookmarking it now.

I thought that might be the case. Should be an easy way for websites like this to earn well deserved revenue from being so incredibly helpful and awesome. I’ve already purchased the kindle ebook & will def be making a donation! Thank you!

Can anyone recommend a sequestrant product to prevent iron & copper from restaining the pool please? We already have the stains removed so just mainly something that will prevent restaining as opposed to removing the stains. Are there any good ones that can be purchased up at Walmart? Or...

Thank you! And thank you for that tip on the citric acid eating up the chlorine!

New here and just wanted to share a wonderful (finally!) pool experience that may hopefully help others. In short since the start of the season we have battling stubborn algae (first time in 12 years), trying to remove dead algae, learning that our CYA levels were too high (thanks to this...

You and this site totally rock! Thank you so much for those links. Made understanding the testing procedure soooo much easier. The company should seriously consider replacing their own instructions with the instructions from the links you posted. I hope TFP is earning some income from...

Ok I will. Thank you immensely for the links and the words of wisdom!!! Bookmarking now to read after dinner! Beyond appreciative, Grace

Re: Greetings & Thanks! 12 year pool owner with algae issues Great news! The Taylor testing kit came a day early! Bad news. After skimming through the instructions several times, they are extremely confusing to me. :( I’m confident I’ll find clarification here however. Thanks again...

Thank you kindly! I see now that the ionizer is generally not recommended due to it’s limitations over chlorine. I tried to relay this to my husband but will try again later when he is less agitated about the pool. The whole reason of getting the ionizer was to use less chlorine but we are...

Greetings from Central PA, Found this site because my Husband was at his wits end with an algae issue that we had never encountered before. After researching a bit and being led to this forum several times we have determined it is primarily an issue with CYA levels being at 90 reducing the...