Recent content by holdup1time

Got the Google Photos "1 year ago today" photo yesterday...opened it up and it was a picture of my wife and daughter in our new pool. How time flies! Just wanted to give a shout out to this website and all the great advice I've received since joining. Had a pool built last year and one...

I do not have autofill...just a manual water valve to open an water fills through a pvc pipe into one of my skimmers. I am the level control mechanism :)

Thanks for the reply Richard....definitely going to do better with brushing...can't make any excuses...just got lazy with it!

Thanks for the advice....I'll give it a try...my fill water has pH of 7.6 and TA of 70

Ok if I leave my TA at 50, and add acid to lower from 8 to 7.6, will my TA keep dropping? How low can it go?

Its hard to say...I use the Taylor 2006 test kit...the device I test the pH has the highest reading at 8.2 i think...but 8 to 8.2 color is so close it's hard to tell which one it is ....to me it looks like its the highest reading on the scale...that's if I don't add acid. I actually tested my...

Hi ajw22 Yep, as I admitted in my post, I've really been slacking on my plaster brushing...would the dead algae be white in color as I brush my plaster? There was no color of yellow or green anywhere on my plaster or in the water after brushing. Water was just whitish cloudy....Luckily, I've...

Hello MK...I do not know why my ph is always rising so fast....If I'm trying to keep it under 8ph all the time, I'd have to add acid every 3 to 4 days. I've been adding baking soda to raise my TA back up every time it hits 50 to 60. I have fountains and bubblers but never run them due to...

Was swimming with my daughter on Monday and she said, "Dad, the plaster feels so smooth...kind of slippery" This immediately got my attention...she likes to help me inspect our plaster while swimming. She was referring to the plaster on one of the pool walls. I went over and felt it and it...

Thanks for all the comments to my post...really appreciate it...good stuff in here :)

Probably right MK....I'll find out soon enough...just trying to be more efficient with my time this year...it's going to be an ongoing experiment.

So I've been a member of this great site for almost a year now. I've decided that I'll be running my pool in two different modes...summer mode and winter mode. I had this idea this winter when I was pumping out 6 inches of water every few months to get my CYA down around 30 to start the new pool...

Hi James, I do have the pool math app and track the CSI inputing all my test results....never thought of testing for salt since my pool is not a saltwater pool. Love this site...pool built last summer and no algae yet :) I've totally nerded out on the water chemisty....couldn't live without my...

Thanks MK...always appreciate your replies!

Hi all, So I went to the pool store today to get some muratic acid. Took my water in for them to sample so I could get $5 off my acid purchase. Surprisingly, their results were very close to mine. They gave me spill on "you have high phosphates and need something to lower that"...I just said...