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The water comes into our home through a water softener is the only reason I can say that it is low. I'm new to the pool game and was not aware of CH being low being a problem. When I've reviewed my logs with the builder in the past it was never brought up as a potential issue...so I'll readily...

Hence my massive confusion in this. At this point I'm trying to get the builder to advise what it is, what caused it, how to get rid of it and how to prevent it. It's an uphill battle, but I don't want to do anything that would risk damaging the finish and/or them voiding the warranty. Any...

From my test kit: FC - 3.0 CC - 0.0 TC - 3.0 pH - 7.4 Alk - 40ppm CH - 140ppm CYA - 30 Looking back through my logs CH has always been 100-150 (I have only checked it 6 times in the year we've had the pool). Alkalinity was 220 the first time I checked it and was down to 60 within 2 months of...

Shoot - I can't find them...regardless it would probably be best to get some that are more current. Let me see if I can get to Leslie's today.

I'll look for them when I get to the house tonight. The tests were done in November and December of last year, hopefully I can find them :| If not I'll take a sample and get a new work up done at Leslie's.

Two more pictures.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Our pool was finished last Memorial Day - gunite pool with arctic white Hydrazzo plaster. Around September of last year we began seeing stains around the main drains. Then they started appearing on the steps. Then they started appearing everywhere. The...