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    Combined chlorine that won't go away

    I had to refill it Monday evening due to the fact that we had to fix a small leak. I filled it with water from my pool which had 0 CC. The next day it started reading 1 CC and has since that time. The lowest the FC has gotten was .5 and that was right after heavy use and I immediately added...
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    Combined chlorine that won't go away

    That water smells fine and is crystal clear. Last night before I went to bed the FC was 6 and the CC was 1. I added enough liquid bleach to raise it to 12. This morning my FC is 4 and my CC is 1. The filter has been running non stop for 12 hours. The cover was off last night for probably two...
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    Combined chlorine that won't go away

    Hi all, I am a brand new spa owner. I have been using the BBB method with my pool successfully for three years. My spa is 300gal, completely independent of pool with an ozonator that can not be shut off. I bought it used. I used spa system flush dumped the water and started with fresh water and...
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    CYA and low Ph....

    Oh ok. I'll order a new one but of course with the holiday it's going to be several days. I guess I'll keep trying to raise it testing with my strips which are new but I'll keep it on the low side until my reagent comes in. Thanks.
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    CYA and low Ph....

    It is a Taylor complete k-2006 (fas-dpd). I bought it three years ago. I also used a strip just to see if the two jived and they did.
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    CYA and low Ph....

    I'm using 8% bleach household type. The only things that have gone in the pool are the bleach the CYA and the borax. I'll keep adding borax but I don't understand what's going on. :/
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    CYA and low Ph....

    Ok here it goes...I'm new here (surprise!). I have a 20000 gal in ground pool with a vinyl liner. I have slammed my pool and I have beautiful sparkling water. Now I am trying to get the other levels where they should be. First off my CYA was at or around zero so I currently have a sock in the...