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I did the FC test again this morning and the level dropped to 7. What would I add or do to the pool to lower the TA and raise the CH? Thanks!

Ok, so I received my TF-100 kit in the mail today :) Here are the TF-100 results after draining somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 our pool yesterday, and filling it up with city supplied water last night and today, and adding 4 x 1.5 gal 6% chlorox this evening. (its been at least 5 hrs since...

Thanks for the quick replies! I'll get the husband to stop by the pool store on his way home tomorrow to get an updated reading. I'm kind of a science geek so I'm excited for my own personal test kit to arrive :-D The granular shock we added is Sodium Dichloro-s-Triazinetrione. Our county...

Hi, My husband and I purchased a house last Aug and along with it came a bomb shelter of a concrete and plaster pool - that is at least 30 years old. It seems to be in good shape for now (structurally) but we are trying to educate ourselves on the chemistry side. It is to our best math...