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Yep, bleach was added yesterday per my post above when yippee yelled at me. :) I also pulled the tablets and reset the swg.

Yes i have been doing this for 2 months now. The only real issue I have had is the chlorine level. The SWG was turned up way too high when I started doing this on my own, I had turned it down to lower the chlorine, and I simply turned it down too much and let it slip past where I wanted to be...

Duraleigh, thank you for the reply. This will be my first time adding bleach. It feels so odd. And yippee...always love your responses...they are exactly what I need. Haha Nope I did not add stabilizer. Perhaps user error on testing???? Bleach added and SWG put back to what I had it at...

I'm back with more fun readings. Please bear with me..still learning. 2 days ago, I took readings of chlorine and pH... there was pretty much no chlorine and pH was high, so I added acid and upped the chlorine production in the SWG. The readings below are from today: Readings: CL 1 PH 7.2 FC...

Better go get my eyesight checked.

Thanks again yippee. Greatly appreciated... I see how crazy pH can change the csi. Just reducing to 7.5 pH puts me back in range... touchy value that csi is.

New readings: CL: 5 pH: 7.6 FC: 8.5 CC: 0.5 CH: 550 TA: 100 CYA: 70 Salt: 3060 (within recommended levels) Temp: 78 PoolMath says to do the following: Add 5.9oz muriatic acid Add 10oz stabilizer for a target of 80 Unless you all suggest otherwise, I was planning on doing the following based...

Thanks Yippee.. I pasted from the IC40 shows green for 2800-4500ppm, which means I'm due for a bag of salt as I am at the very low side. Muriatic acid added yesterday...and will test soon.

Thanks for the replies all. I'm sorry for the late reply. Had a few business trips to handle but now l'm back. Mavrk- Thanks for the advice. I just dialed back on percentage for SWG and shortened pump time like you suggested just now. (FC was high on my readings today...I should have done...

Howdy, Finally got my TF-100 test kit/SpeedStir and ran the tests for my first time. First I'd like to say thank you all for your suggestions on getting this kit. It is a lot of fun so far. Here's what I'm seeing from the tests: 15.5k gal. pool FC: 8 CC: 0 pH: 7.5 TA: 80 CH: 550 CYA: 80 I...

All, thanks for all the replies. I'll give the TF-100 a try... and I definitely plan on sticking around. I have browsed around the pool school...will do more tonight after work and when the 3yr old is down for the count....and for thenrecord, I have not bought anything from the pool store lol...

Hey all, I'm in South Florida. We had a pool installed March 2016 and it has been going great. Here's what I have: Salt pool, 36x15 sport style Pebble Sheen Surface All Pentair products PB gave me basic instructions on maintenance using test strips weekly, and all has been going fine, but...