Recent content by jullibelle

I ran out of the solution needed for the CYA test so I can't do that today. Last time I checked it it was around 50 I think but that's been about a month ago before the pump stopped working and we lost a few inches of water. We have guests coming over later today so we were hoping the kids could...

Our pump went out a few weeks ago and as we waited for the parts to arrive our water gradually turned greenish. Part arrived and we got everything running yesterday morning. We added a full gallon of bleach and also turned the SWG on to Boost yesterday afternoon. We vacuumed all the scum that...

I just wanted to come back and update, now that I have a better test kit. Wow, the test strips were definitely off on some things. Here are my levels now: FC: 3.8 CC: 0.2 pH: 7.8 TA: 90 CH: 100 CYA: 60 It seems that most of the numbers are acceptable? Except for maybe reducing pH a little? Is...

No, I do not smell a chlorine smell. Thanks!

Thanks for all the information! I will be ordering a test kit tonight. In the meantime, using the test strips as the day has progressed, the stabilizer has gone up to 50, FC is hanging out at around 4-5, and TC is around 8. Also, I retested the salt because the strip seemed defective and the new...

Looking on Amazon and it shows the K-2006 kit at $55 and the K-2006C at $99. Is the 2006C really worth that extra cost? What is different about it? I'm reading about them but I'm confused. Also, the 2006C says it only measures chlorine from 0.5 - 5.0 ppm... is that right? That doesn't sound...

Thank you Texas Splash. I saw the HTH drop-tester kit but I didn't see where it tested FC and TC and since that (I think) is my biggest issue, I didn't figure it was worth getting. I guess I will go ahead and order the Taylor kit today. We plan to have a pool for a long time so I guess it's...

This will be our third summer with our small above ground vinyl pool with SWG and each year I'm learning a little more. This year we drained most of the water out (it's a 4 ft pool and we got it down to about 2 inches of water) and put in fresh due to high copper levels last year. We did not...