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Just got back from the pool store. They tested for Baquacil and there is none left in my pool. My other readings are: FC - 3.0 TC - 3.0 CC - 0.0 TA - 183 PH - 7.8 Cal- 172 CYA- 8 I know I need to lower my PH. When I did the CC test I came up with 2.5. I know my FC is low because I am not...

That's o.k duraleigh. I appreciate any and all advice given. I have been putting the bleach in twice at night. I am going to up it to three times. Maybe that will help. Should I clean the filter with a filter cleaner or should I just continue to backwash? I backwashed 3 times today and the...

Good morning, I have been at this conversion now for 18 days. The pool has been crystal clear for the last 5 days. As of last night I have used 263 gallons of bleach and I still can not get the chlorine to hold over night. Last night at 10pm my FC was 13, CC was 3, and PH was 7.5. This...

Thank you. Don't mind getting wet at all. I am heading out now to add bleach while it's a light rain.

Good morning everyone. Still working at doing my conversion. Yesterday morning I added my chlorine and then it started raining. Didn't add anymore because of the rain. This morning I checked my levels and they are: FC - 2 CC - 8 PH - 7.5 TA - 200 It is going to rain all day again today...

Thank you. Was hoping for better news. I guess I need more POP! Do I still need to keep adding chlorine constantly or is it o.k. to put it in early in the morning before the sun hits and then wait til the evening when the sun is off the pool?

Sorry, here are my readings. FC - 15 CC - 12 TA - 200 PH - 7.5

conversion getting closer? Topics Merged by Moderator. Please keep your related posts on one thread. 8 days and 171 gallons of bleach so far. Water is a beautiful clear lime green and sparkles like a jewel. Am I getting close to seeing the water becoming a beautiful clear blue with the same...

Thanks for all your help. At least I know I am doing the test right. This site is been wonderful. The pool is clear, just green. I get the bleach from the grocery store and wal-mart. I read on here not to get it from the dollar stores. Just put in the last of my bleach this morning and now...

I am in day 6 of trying to convert my pool from bacqa to chlorine. I also purchased the test kit from this site. I have used over 100 gallons of bleach so far and pool water is still green. At 7:30 pm tonight I added the amount of bleach I needed to bring up to 15ppm and 30 mins later I...