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I wanted to update this post with a picture (because I know that was VERY helpful for me to see other's pictures...you know, light at the end of the tunnel ;)) And I wanted others to know that I WAS successful with a VERY high CYA and SLAM levels (it was 90 to start out with. We did replace some...

Update: Things this week have been progressing slowly but surely. It's been warm enough that I have been continuing to get in and brush every day except the day that it was raining and lightening. ;) I haven't been able to test as much since I started working this last week, but it's been enough...

I think you're right. I was doing the line test (because I think for me I felt I was doing it more accurately that way), but I think I misread the "add 10" part.

I think this group is going to think I am crazy (because I sort of think I'm crazy), BUT there is a part of me that truly believes that just reaching out to everyone here and taking that step has improved my pool. I FINALLY woke up this morning and it looked better!!! Just knowing that I am not...

Thank you for saying this...

I know it's definitely NOT the recommendation. However, when you are starting out you have a choice to make. And I chose (maybe wrongly, but it felt like the right decision at the time) to use this chart from the website. Do I regret it? Maybe. Has it been frustrating? Most definitely. Have I...

I just want to say that just reaching out to this group has been helpful for me. Our house came with a pool and I have loved having it! Even if we live north of the Twin Cities (read: it's colder up here :D ) ~Laura

I did NOT see line #8 before. I will do that...thank you!!

I've only checked CYA twice. When I first got it and then again after I tried to replace a little bit of water. But I read on here that you could keep your sample and look at it again...which is what I had my husband do just to verify my numbers. I have the TF100. Unfortunately some of the CYA...

I know. I've already decided to go ahead and start replacing water. Hopefully that helps!! It's hard to water replace so late in the season...

Thanks for the reminder!!! I think my frustration comes from the high CYA levels and also because when I started this process earlier this summer (CYA of 30 roughly that time) it was clear in a week. Now that it's not happening the same way it's even more frustrating. I am brushing once a day...

I have been a lurker for a while and have been "successful" this summer using this process to rid our pool of some green algae (we for sure got to the clear water point), but I never cleared the last hurdle of meeting the 3 requirements. We were out of town and I had the next door neighbor girl...