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I’m using Taylor as my test kit, but the 65 came from a water sample taken to Leslies. My Taylor test kit and Leslies are both fairly close to showing the same results.

My alkalinity is at 65, but PH is at 7.9. How can I raise alkalinity and lower PH?

Perfect! Thanks!

That would make sense. I’ll get a sequestrant and add it. Any one in particular that you’d recommend?

That’s what I thought too, but had it tested at Leslie’s yesterday and again today and both tests came back as 0 ppm for iron and copper. No sequestrant has been added yet. I will add some and see what that does. Maybe Leslie’s test is off? Some sort of heavy metal is the only thing that...

We just had a new gunite pool built and waited 72 hours after plastering to add the chlorine as instructed by the pool builder. About 15-30 minutes after adding the chlorine, the water went from clear to a Greenish-Brown color. I had it tested and there was no iron, copper or phosphates in the...