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My CC levels seem to be stuck at 3. On Wednesday they were 4 and now its Sunday and they've only dropped to 3. We've had great weather here, lots of sunshine, so I'm a little confused as to why it won't go down. I"ve cleaned the filter, still flushed out some baquagoo, but the filter looks...

Here's the latest. Today, Wednesday, my numbers are currently FC: 13.5 CC: 4 TC: 17.5 pH was at 6.8 so I raised it to about 7.6. The green color is fading and water looks very clear. Sad thing is that the weather here is starting to cool off (yes, even in Florida!). :( I'm going to see...

Sunday morning: Pool still green. FC: 10.5 CC: 6 TC: 16.5 I added chlorine to boost level to 20. Could the green be from the brand Clorox or maybe copper in the water or just an incomplete conversion? Or do I need more P.O.P.! :) Just stabbing in the dark here. Also, do I keep boosting to 20...

My filter is only about a month old, do I still need to replace it? Also, can I let the FC levels drop to 15 now or do I still need to keep them at 20? Numbers at 1:30 FC: 16.5 CC: 8.5 TC: 25 Numbers at 5:00 FC: 15 CC: 7 TC: 22 Gimme a guess as to how far away I am from a swimable, BLUE pool...

Numbers at 9am: FC: 21 CC: 8 TC: 29 FC is holding over night so I guess I'm waiting on the CC levels to drop and green to go away. Water is clear, just green.

Thanks for the support! The CYA is in the water because the guys at the pool store told me to add it a couple weeks ago. :hammer: Sorry about the panicked tone, but this is going on 3 weeks now, between the pool store conversion advice and now going with the bbb method. However, I will say...

Numbers last night at 10:00 were FC: 20 CC: 8.5 This morning at 7 my numbers were FC: 19 CC: 8 I'm not sure that I should add any bleach due to the already high fc level, but how does the cc level come down if I'm not adding more bleach? Are these numbers showing that I"m still in the middle of...

You say the next time my FC is 8 or lower....do you mean after the conversion is done? Also, I looked on the pool calculator to see how to raise the pH and it says add washing soda or soda ash...what is that? Is that the Borax I've been reading about on here? I'm getting really concerned about...

Got my kit, here are my numbers. FC: 5.0 CC: 7.5 pH: 6.8 Alk: 80 CYA: 30 What now? Not sure how high I should bring up the FC level (shock or mustard algae levels)??????? I'm going to shoot for 15, if I need to go higher, somebody let me know. :)

At a standstill until tomorrow when the TF test kit is scheduled to arrive. Pool is still green! Owner is frustrated! :cry:

OK, it's Tuesday morning and I just tested (stick) and my pool has 10+ chlorine in it! It had 10+ when I went to bed and it held overnight!!! Woohoo! That's a first. However, it is still very green. Is that normal? From what I've been reading in other conversions, it seems like when the...

Will this conversion work if I am working all week and only able to add chlorine early in the a.m. and in the evening? Also, my kit won't be here until probably mid-week. Should I stop and resume the conversion later in the week or just keep dumping in the chlorine using test sticks to measure fc?

I had a similar experience with Baquacil. The store that sold us the pool talked us into Baq. BIG mistake. I've regretted it ever since. The first year was fine (expensive, but fine). No algae problems, pretty water. Then came the algae, pink, green, brown, you name it. I've been dumping in...

The pool store told me to also use 3 pucks in a floater or chlorinator(?) which is a compartment on the side of our filter. I've been doing this, but now that I"ve pretty much convinced myself to use this site to convert...do I still need to make sure there are pucks in that automatic...

I just ordered a TFtest kit,not sure when it will arrive, so for now I'm using the kit I have and test strips. The strips go up to 10 so I'm trying to keep it at that level as much as possible. Have to go to work tomorrow, but just bought 12 gallons of Clorox to use tonight and tomorrow pm, as...