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Okay so I picked up a kit at Walmart. Here are the results. total chlorine 5 bromine 10 ph was between the colors of 7.5 and 7.8 alk 180 hardness somewhere between 260 and 300( i wasnt sure how blue it was supposed to turn from the original red color-- also it didnt origianlly really turn...

Dman, already have the ts 100 kit in my cart, just waitng to get a little more cash on my debit card before purchasing. Bama, the pool store is up the road from me. I can get the water tested from them anytime. But I think they use test strips to check everything. the other pool store puts it...

Okay so here are the latest results from a different pool store. Yesterday I added about 1/4 of a gallon of muriatic acid and 4 hours later 8 pounds of pro team uv shield. ARE the below numbers good??? ( the numbers are below the next paragraph) SO this pool store reccomended the following...

I will definately look into getting the stuff from lowes/homedepot in the future.. I do have half a gallon of muriatic acid from the pool store from 2 years ago. does that stuff go bad?? can i use that. Also the pool is 30000 gallons. I believe its in my signature at the bottom of the page. the...

Okay so my ph is high 8.1 How much muriatic acid? and where other then pool store can i get it. how long till i can have people in the pool? see below numbers. also from prev numbers to latest numbers i added the following recommended by pool store. yes i know. no more pool store since i have...

Okay all so, now back from the pool store after waiting a week for the chemicals to circulate throughout the pool. here are the below readings. FC 1.4 PPM TC 1.6 PPM CC 0.2 PPM PH 8.1 HARDNESS 230 PPM ALKALINITY 140 PPM CYANURIC ACID 10 PPM COPPER .01 PPM IRON 0.0 PPM There...

Thanks for the response. I did call the pool store again just to ask a few questions. Here is there answers. I asked why I needed the salt support and they said it puts a coating on the swg blades and will extend the llfe. I asked if that is the only difference between Uv shield and the salt...

Hello all. I have a 30000 gallon in ground pool with an aUTO pILOT SALT GENERATOR SC 48. I just opened the pool, the water looked pretty clear excelt for some dirt that got in from the cover.I ran the filter 48 hours straight, the pool is crystal clear. I brought in a test sample to the pool...