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16000 PH 7.2 Chlorine 7.5 Calcium 1100 Alkalinity 120 CYA 80 Should I be concerned about calcium being so high? Our in coming water is 400. Any suggestions?

I slammed the Pool. It took 7 days.... I brushed and brushed and kept the Chlorine up.. All the test results were great. Today I noticed again some new cloudiness. Very little but... I remembered I had not removed the light fixture. LOL.... Wow.. I found my problem. There was so much...

Donaldson~ No I did not. I assumed I had complete control of the pool. Crystal clear and no growth on the walls. I will start the SLAM tonight. Richard~ I agree there might be growth behind the light. i will remove and clean properly. Texas~ I switched out the entire pool water due to CYA...

I had my pool looking great. But in the last week it has turned a green tint and getting cloudy. Here is my readings for the last 2 days? Where should I begin and how do I prevent this from happening again?. PH 7.6 CL 3.5 PPM CC .5 ppm TA 140 PPM CH 600 PPM CYA 30 ppm I just do not...

Ok the pool has been drained and refilled. I have been circulating for 2 days with lots of Chlorine and brushing. The pool has not looked this crystal clear in couple years. Here is my testing results? PH 7.6 FC 7 PPM CC 1 PPM CH 650 PPM TA 160 CYA 30 ppm Brand new water and the Calcium is...

Your pH is dropping and your CYA is skyrocketing due to the continued use of trichlor tablets. After reading plenty here? I understand. You need to lower the CYA, and then follow the ShockLevelAndMAINTAIN Process to eradicate the algae. Yes that is why I am currently draining pool. From what...

Just a little more background. I have a bad Algae problem. Water is not very clear and pool is looks poor. My PH is consistently dropping. Fast. I bring it up to 7.6 and within a week, it is at 6.8 and lower My soon to be old test kit reads Chlorine around 1. i have put tons of Liquid...

I thought I had saved my signature. UGH... Hopefully it will come up now. I hope I am on the right track. I have had nothing but problems and of course the Pool store just sells me plenty of stuff that works in the beginning but Algae comes back within a week. I have a new testing kit on the...

All, I have the same problem. My CYA test is reading off the charts. I diluted it but still over 200. I diluted 4 times and I think I am over 1000 PPM. I am draining the pool. I could not keep Chlorine in the pool. PH kept going low.(below 6.8) The calculator says 95% water exchange? So...