Recent content by kdoonan

Pool looks much better today! I pulled the chlorine up to 24 last night and today it's at 20 with cc at .5. (Recommended shock level was 20) The pH has been jumping around though, yesterday it said it was 6.8 and today it's back up to 7.6. We spent a lot of time splashing in the pool yesterday...

Thank you Dave! It was the K-1000 and my eyes are bad so probably misread the number.

Wow Frogabog, your information is hugely helpful. I read through pool school 3 years ago and clearly need a refresh. This is the first problem I've had so I didn't realize the impact of CC. When I was doing the test I wondered why the water was cloudy still after it changed from pink. Time for...

*****Thank you for this. I didn't realize my TA was too high. I'll work on aeration. I've never had to do that before.

I used the kit that came in the TFP test kit. It's blue, I forget the name of it.

Up until last week I've had beautifully clear water. The pH was a little low at 6.5 and that calculator kept telling me to add Borax. I hadn't had time to get to the store. I finally did last week and I put in 1/2 of what the calculator said. Within two days my clear pool was cloudy and my pH...

Tonight's numbers were consistent with this morning's test, except the FC dropped to 4 Numbers today: FC 21 this morning 4 this evening CC 0 pH 8.2 T/A 150 CYA 0-10

Thanks lighting guy. Seems like good advice. How do we test for copper and what is the fix for it?

I had her hold on the CYA because I really wasn't sure what or how much was added ahead of my involvement. Yesterday there was virtually no CYA. Would the number change much since yesterday? So even if the pH say 8.2 today do you think yesterday's reading is correct and today's is not? How...

Suziquzer, I thought the pH was too high today. Do you think 8.2 is low? Are metals are more probable given well water? The chlorine levels are high because we were looking to shock whatever is in there. The CYA is also low, at less than 10. I didn't retest it today though. How quickly does...

I've been a BBB user for 3 three years with great success. A friend just bought the same pool and it's green. She started with a bunch of store bought chemicals and the pool went green. It was clear when she filled it. I went with my TFP100 Kit yesterda and am trying to help her. I could use...

Great thanks! I've had it stored in a kitchen cabinet so my sense is that it should be in good shape.

I purchased the TFP test kit last year. Is it still good?

Good advice. Thank you! I didn't realize I could test it that quickly and see results. I'm heading to bed but I will test it first thing tomorrow morning.