Recent content by Ljo128

Thank you! I really appreciate your response and the links to the relevant articles. I am using the app and will keep an eye on the pH. I'll hold off on adding MA until I have my test kit, as I just retested the pH and it came in at 7.8. No sense adding chemicals until I know the actual levels.

Thanks for the welcome! I updated my signature. We'll continue to add the chlorine as you recommend until we have our test kit (hopefully soon!). We have a bucket of granulated chlorine (no stabalizer), but is liquid bleach better? As an aside - is there anything useful we can do with the bucket...

We are new pool owners this year and quickly discovered we had a CYA problem. We have been slowly working that off by vaccuming to waste and adding fresh water (and using only unstabilized chlorine). I just ordered a new test kit that will let us accurately test the CYA and Free Chlorine levels...