Recent content by kapbo

I'm still SLAMing. It's been 3 days and the water is crystal clear. The cc is under 0.5. However, my FC dropped from 28 to 25 overnight.

Thanks! Good idea to order more reagents. I just ordered them. I would have liked to try TFTestkits.net but it was cheaper on Amazon.

I drained and refilled ~60% of my pool. Per my water meter, I used 15.1K gal yesterday which means about 15K went into the pool, or about a 55% refill. Unfortunately by CYA only dropped to 70 :(. My CH dropped to 350 :). I got the pH to 7.2 and then just added 6 gal of bleach. I guess I need...

OK I'm on it! I'll do my best to estimate 60%. I don't even need to ask if I should return the bottle of copper based Black Algae solution they sold me at Leslie's this morning :o A few quickies: - Is it OK to rinse the filters during the refill process or should I wait? Even though it's only...

Thank you very much. Thanks especially for the pointer to the CYA dilution method. That lack of precision at the high end always bothered me. OK, I tested with my K-2006 and here are the results. FC 0.2-0.4 TC 0.0-0.2 CH 700 (using the 10ml method) CYA 120 TA 90 pH 7.7 I also have a handheld...

I've been struggling with water clarity and chemical levels for over a month since the oak leaves and pollen started falling here in central TX. I do my own pool care and our pool is surrounded by several oak trees (which is good news and bad news). My water has improved but is still cloudy...