Recent content by Josh1466

Thanks! It's not bad for just under a week. Certainly couldn't have done it without the forum. Hoping from this point on, keeping my water clear and clean is as easy as it was last year. The TFP methodology works!

I think my SLAM is over! FC was the same this morning as last night, CC was 0.5 and the water looks clear. I figured out how to attach pictures so I figured I’d throw up a few to show the progress.

Water was nasty brown for both tests. Also, in the small quantity needed for the CYA test, it looked clear.

I tested everything again after the addition of the washing soda and before I started raising the FC to the SLAM level. I found that my pH was up to 7.5, and my CYA was at 50. Does the pH affect the CYA reading? I'm just curious why it showed 0 before and now reads 50? Anyway, I used the SLAM...

Here’s where things stand this morning: The pump has been running about 12 hours, this morning’s test results were the same as yesterday, with the exception of TA which is up to 50. I added washing soda to increase the pH and added what pool math recommended to get to a FC level of 5 ppm. 30...

We just installed the pool last year so judging when to open it was a bit of a guess this year. The weather didn’t make it easy. We had a few 80 degree days the second week of April and snow earlier this week.

I’ll see what I can do. I have a lot of leaves and other organic stuff to get out of there before I add chlorine. I also have to wait for my water to be delivered to get it above the skimmers so I can add chemicals.

This is our first year opening the pool. Had a mesh cover on over the winter, lots of leaves sat on the top, which was touching the water and a fair amount got under the cover and into the pool. Water had been clear through the winter as I checked levels and pumped water out to stay below the...

Test kit arrived this morning, so I went right out and ran through everything. Here are the results: FC: 1.5 CC: 0 pH: 7.2 TA: 150 CH: 150 CYA: 20 Salt: 3800 Pool was filled last week and had no CYA to start with. I've added 4lbs of that so far, just ordered another 12lbs from Amazon - it's...

I did get the K1766, but I didn't do the smart stir. I've looked at the pool care basics, but haven't checked out the videos yet. Thanks for the suggestion

We built our 18' x 40' IG with a kit from pool warehouse. It took about 2 months, with a week lost to vacation and a 2 week wait for the decks to get poured. The pool is now filled and running. We're ready to enjoy it, but it looks like we'll be having thunderstorms the next few days after about...