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Sounds great. Thanks again to all for taking your time to answer my questions and clear things up. :)

The water looks ok. We had a few days of substantial rain which washed all the dirt off the redwoods the pool sits under. I've kept up on cleaning the bigger items with a net, but there's some visible dirt that settles near the creases on the bottom of the pool. I've been trying to stir it up...

maybe another dumb question, but I just finished the 4-night Dichlor shock on Sunday. Reading that stabilizer takes a week to register, is it possible that my CYA test I did this morning could be providing inaccurate results? Does the 1-week waiting period only apply to "stabilizer" or Dichlor...

Should I continue adding the dichlor for a few nights to try and get the CYA to 30? (I have 1 CYA test left) Yes, it uses the comparator block. It looks "orange-ish" to me, but I'm pretty new to this whole thing. I have been trying to take the cover off when the pool gets direct sun, but the...

I should probably also add, the pool only gets about 4-6hrs of direct sunlight per day and I have a solar cover that I keep on most of the time.

Thanks! Guess I should've seen that question coming. :) I just ran down and tested with the 6-way kit, I completely filled the little tube and was still able to see the black dot at the bottom (indicating a < 30 CYA level). The Dichlor I was using was PoolTime Shock Plus (58.2% Sodium...

Hi, I recently bought my first pool - a 10' easy set (~1000gal). I had found this forum last year and decided this was the way I wanted to maintain my pool. Upon setting up my pool, I followed the temporary pool guide. However, the first bag of "shock" I purchased was Calcium Hypo (I didn't...