Recent content by ptintenn

I want to say a big thanks to TPF for this website and forum. I have been using the TFP method for 3 years now and it has been wonderful. We opened our pool last week to a green pond complete with tadpoles, and after performing a SLAM this week I was able to enjoy the pool today. Thanks...

I am not a pool expert at all,but I think they are trying to pull one over on you. I have a gunite pool also and we do not drain and power wash it when we open it.

Well it is obviously magic because I didn't add any metal out and my pool water is no longer green and is clear! Yay! Question since I ordered and have metal out should I go ahead and add it now before I get my levels perfect? We have had problems with staining every year which is why we...

Thank you!

My pool is still clear green this morning. I purchased some HTH Metal Control that should be here tomorrow. In the meantime what should I be doing? Here are my readings from this morning: FC 7.0 CC 0 pH. 7.0 Alk. 50 CH 40 I just added the stabilizer in a sock yesterday so I didn't take that...

We recently drained and painted our gunite pool. We finished refilling it 5 days ago but had a pump issue that my husband fixed today so I wasn't able to add chemicals till today. I have been using the TFP method for the past 2 year which has been great and easy. I tested the water and of...

Thanks everyone for your help. This morning my pool is back blue so I guess whatever happened was a temporary hiccup. I have been using the TFP method for the past 3 years and this was the first time I ever had a hiccup but it didn't last long. Thanks again!!!!

Hi everyone. I didn't read the replies about metal till just now and of course last night I started a SLAM as was what I last read as recommended. I hope I didn't mess anything up. I lower the PH last night and added the SLAM amount of bleach. This afternoon after work I tested and my FC was at...

Before I left all on vacation all levels were good. I added a gallon of bleach about a day before I left. Yesterday the water was clear and blue. I added the 2 gallons of 8.25 bleach last night after dark. I got the measurement of 42 CYA because it wasn't quite to 40 between the 40 and 50...

I need some advice. My 18,000 gunite pool has looked great all summer. Just got back from a week vacation and pool still looked great. Didn't have time to test last night but I figured with the high heat in my area the chlorine was low so I added 2 jugs of Clorox 8.25% bleach last night and woke...

According to poolmath my target CYA is 40. 2 days ago when I checked it it was 35. How often should I be checking my numbers and should I add some more stabilizer? My sock is empty. I just added it 5 days ago.