Recent content by lthyne

Hello, I have been doing the BBB for three years now and have a friend trying it. Like a dumb arse he put armor hamor laundry detergent into the pool this morning (10 pounds). Is there something he can do to get the levels back to normal? Or should he just remove water and start over...

Thanks 257WbyMag. Nothing to sell???? They wanted to sell me the following (when my wife brought the list home I just laughed) Add 12 lbs of Alkalinity Add 5 pounds of Lo N Slo Add 4 pounds of Hardness Add 4 bags of shock (8.00 a bag!!) Add one bottle of algae inhibitor I totalled this up...

Hello folks, Just wondering if someone could double check my results. I used my tf kit and also brought my water to the local pool company for testing. I think my levels are right on per the boards recommendations but the pool folks told me the levels are WAY off and hes surprised my pool is...

You are correct...I think that was a typo...My CC is currently at 0. Its a wonderful feeling to vaccum the pool and not come out 3 hours later to find a dust bunny filled pool..... Leo

I think I got this thing purring like a kitten.. FC 6.5 CC 6.5 TC 6.5 PH 7.5 TA 100 CH 140 CYA 50

Thanks for the reply Butterfly.. I will learn to test before adding chemicals...Its good to know to allow the levels to come back to normal after I shock...Not sure what I was thinking!!! About your TA test, did you wipe the dropper between drops? I did wipe between drops....When I do read...

Thanks Bama... I shocked the pool because of dust bunnies having a large party at the bottom of the pool everytime time I turned around. Thought I would super dose it to make sure I was starting from a clean state... I will go back and re-read again.... Thanks, Leo

Hello everyone. Bought the TF100 two weeks back. I would like to know how I am doing with my results since I changed to BBB. When I thought the pool was "good" here were my results FC = 1.5 CC = .5 TC = 2.0 PH = 7.2 T/A = 90 CYA = 30 Heres my results two weeks later: FC = 10.0 CC =...

Good afternoon all, I have a friend who recently sold their home and has a Dolphin Robotic Pool Cleaner. This cleaner was used for his inground pool and he wanted to give me the product. The problem is I have an above ground pool. Can I use an inground pool cleaner in my above ground pool...