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I know TFP recommends levels of alkalinity to be lower than pool stores - I’ve struggled all summer keeping it below 120-125. Today it’s 125 and ph is 7.6 It’s a vinyl liner and we don’t have much summer left. Is it ok to leave it at 120-125. When the ph gets to 8 I add in ph down ( I’m afraid...

Yes I will. I will retire this - I am still not savvy on navigating this site and threads etc.

Also I confess I did read the elbow thing way back but I didn’t do it I just sort of spaced that out

No last night 15 I added a gallon of 12.5 and waited an hour and it was 21 and this morning it was 21😁 no we never talked about elbow deep I was taking off the top but still- I was waiting 3 hrs - is that really the reason? I run the pump fo 24/7 and also still no visible algae. I can’t vacuum...

It’s finally ok. I wasn’t going elbow deep 😂I can’t believe that’s the reason but it seems to have made the difference

Recall that I got massive staining because I went to Leslie and dumped in a whole bottle of algeacide and then metal out with very high chlorine . That was in June. Before I got all up in this.

And I fill with city water not a well

Also pool has only one depth 4.5ft

Ok well right now fc is 15. I only have one gallon of 12.5 - based on above going back to a cya of 60 I should add more but I’ll add the gallon and test again at 10 pm amd see where I am in the morning. I’ve been doing only the 5ml test since you told me - I figure that was ok? Is it not?

So 64 ounces should raise me 3.1 and so on - At 9pm I’ll do it one more time. I’ll add enough to get my fc to 20. I’ll wait one hour. If it’s insanely high.i jump. Whatever it is at 10 pm it should be at 6 am.

Every time I do that my reading is over 50-60 and I’m blowing thru reagent

I got home at midnight from a concert and fc was 15. Dumped in one gallon of 12.5 this morning fc is 50+ One problem I’m having is sun not going down till 9pm over my pool. Testing and adding to get to at least 20. Then I have to wait 3 hrs to test. I can’t stay up every night doing this...

Well….. I haven’t used the cover at all this summer so take that out of the equation. We run our pump 24/7 always have for fear of something happening We don’t have overflow or auto fill But no i am testing at night in the dark like 9:15 - if it’s not at 24 (now 20) I add what’s suggested. I...

Could oh be having any effect? 7.6-7.8 can’t treally tell it’s between those 2. Hot and sunny here and not using a cover because it might be “nascent algae “. I’m still slamming but wondering if I should lower oh tho I recall once slamming starts ph is irrelevant

I’m disgusted. Last night at 1030pm FC was 24 this morning at 6 am it’s 18. This can’t be. Ifs been days now and no algea has fallen to the pool floor except once I saw some gray gunk along one seam. The ladder has been out for 48hrs- I’m brushing and vacuuming. My liner is almost completely...