Recent content by iceman681

all this makes way more since. I will have to play with the pool math more. i tried it once and didnt quite understand it. but know what im looking at. thanks for all the help.

how does cya disappear during the winter? i have read and reread the pool school on cya and you all have told me more then i read in there. have even done searches on cya and every one seam to argue about how to reduce, it. I really am questioning all this so heavily because this is the first...

well i have a new question. does anyone think that the clear balance is some how reducing the cya? or is that nuts?. i am in no way trying to argue. i truly do not understand what i am doing that makes everything being said in here not apply to my pool. i have used 3 different test strips/...

i do use a proper test kit. i have never had the cya go over the 30-50ppm. i feel i have been lucky to even get that mark. maybe i am using different chlorine tabs then what you guys are. what i have been using. what i just ordered to be used after first is used. my test strips.

but with out adding any cya (besides the chlorine tabs) how would it get that high? i feel im doing good just to get it to read any.

well that must be it, i have never read anywhere that stabilized chlorine add cya. my auto feed is a gutted aqua smart system. i have driled out the mineral thing, and cut the bottom open enough to fit the 3" tabs into it. seems with out throwing a bunch of chemicals into the pool this...

Re: Arm & Hammer Clear Balance all i know is that this year all i have used is chlorine auto feeder and the arm and hammer tabs. and it has been clear, stable ph, and my free chlorine has stayed in range. even after storms. i dont know how the test strips show a reading on the cya with only...

Re: Arm & Hammer Clear Balance i go by the stablizer ppm reading on my test strips.

i really like this stuff. but would like to hear from more people. i have used it for the past 3 years. and unless i slip up and for get to check my levels and add when needed my pool stays clean and clear. i dont shock or slam/ and have yet to use ph + or -.

thanks. ill look in to that

ok i know that no one here likes aqua smart systems. i also don't like the full concept myself. but i do how ever like the pool opening kit.(shock,algae,balance) gives me 2 months of clear water. this year i will not be getting a mineral thing but gutting mine, i have gutted the chlorine packs...

Re: Salt system vs. chlorine cartridge vs bbb method ok cool