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Also, I have a question about testing the TA. Do you stop adding drops when the solution turns to a dark brownish color or on the next drop which turns it an obvious red? For example, at 10 drops the mixture slightly goes red but then quickly goes back to green. After 11 drops I swirl, it turns...

Fill water ph is 8.3 and TA is 170. I'll keep at and see how the TA goes. After initial slamming TA was around 150 in May, then 140 in June and as most recently120. I'll keep at it, thanks for the confirmation that everything is as expected.

I came here back in May and my pool has been doing great ever since refilling and Slamming. I had a question about PH though. It seems to rise rather quickly. Is this due to simply dumping liquid chlorine in the pool? For example I measured my Ph on 6/28 in the morning and it was more purple...

$3.50/gal before tax for 12.5% is the best I could find in a 10 mile radius around east Long Beach. Anyone else around Long Beach/socal have a better price?

Thanks. I've started to notice it's around 4ppm in 24 hours. This is without swimming. Just wrapping my head around adding about 2qts of chlorine every day. But at least the water is super nice now. Just tested it out today and it feels great! I'm not sure if one can "feel" 400 levels of CYA but...

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I've read that a tablet of trichlor is about 50-55% CYA. Around 7oz a piece that is 3.5oz of "dry CYA stabilizer?" In the poolmath app there is a section for CYA. It allows you to select dry stabilizer and liquid stabilizer. Can we use the fact that there is 3.5oz of CYA in a puck as a method...

Alright, well I took an FC reading at 10:00pm last night FC - 13.5 CC - 0.5. I woke up at 6:00am today and the FC had stayed the same still at 13.5. :smile: First light is around 5:30am. I'm happy I have a new pool with WAY lower and manageable CYA. I wonder what my FC loss per day is going to...

So my readings from last night were 15 FC at 8:00pm and 12.5 FC at 7:00am. Sunsets around 8:00 and rises at 6:00. The previous test I did where there was only 0.5FC loss was from 10:00pm to 6:00am. What times should I be doing the OCLT exactly? Direct sunlight doesn't hit the pool until maybe...

Wow, great read. I might get in there. Afraid to open a can of warms, break something etc.

Hmm, No I have not cleaned the niche. Is it pretty intensive? It's ok to get in the pool with high chlorine? The light is pretty deep acutally.

Thanks! I have a Hayward 4820 DE filter. I've read that you have to watch the filter pressure when using the phosphate remover. My taking over the pool all started in early April when I got furloughed and I had plenty of time at home. The pool guy said it's time to clean the filter and it's $98...

Sounds good. Gave it a hard brush and it did distort the clarity some. I just put another gallon in. FC was at 11, CC 0.5 at 1:30 pm today. 2.5ppm loss from 6:30 am. Pool gets a lot of sun. That should bump me back up around 17, I'll let the pump continue to run. Thanks again!

I took a reading of the chlorine at 10:00 pm last night before I went to bed. It was at FC 14 and CC 0.5. I woke up this morning to take a reading at 6:00 am. FC had only dropped 0.5 to 13.5. CC remains at 0.5. (y) Water is very clear and even getting bluer than yesterday. We don't remember...