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That’s kind of what I was hoping to hear. I’m waiting until it hits 8.0 then I’ll add MA to 7.0 and repeat until no longer necessary. The last time I did it my TA was 100. So the MA didn’t lower the TA. Any other way I should try to lower the TA?

Last week my PH was 8, I added the appropriate amount of MA to bring it to 7. It has been steadily climbing, today it’s 7.8. I have a poolskim that is needed to pull floating debris out and it works great. It however aerates the water which I am assuming is the cause of the quick rise in PH...

As far as target, what should I aim for? 50 seems popular. I ordered a standards set as the "see the dot" method is somewhat subjective. Are there other CYA tests that work differently?

I posted earlier about my foray into pool ownership this year. Added CYA a few days ago. Tri-chlor is done as of today. Took my readings with my new test kits and these are the results: FC - 5 CC - 0 PH - 7.6 TA - 100 CH - 140 CYA - 50 - 55 (Taylor Kit vs. the TF-Pro) So if I understand...

Sorry, CC - 0 TC - 4

Tested everything except CYA as it is still disolving FC-4 CC-4 PH-7 TA-100 CH-150 Alkalinity is high, I assume my PH will rise over the next few days. So if I understand correctly, if TA stays at 100 or more then I just wait for PH to rise or use aeration to speed it up and then use muratic...

Maybe they are good, my target was the issue I think. I added a 4lb bag of CYA with the sock method and 90oz of Muratic acid. When is the soonest I can test again to get an accurate assessment of the additions?

The TFP app calculations for decreasing PH are waaay off.

The shock is Biogard burnout 73, The Taylor kit arrived today, Unfortunately Amazon sent a K-2005C instead of the K-2006C that I ordered. Since I ordered the TF kit, I am keeping this on so I can at least start testing. PH - 8.0 (at top of range so maybe higher?) FC - 5 CC - 5 CYA - Range goes...

So we bought a pool last spring, It was installed last fall, filled and covered. About 3 weeks ago we opened the pool and I was overwhelmed with the vast amount of chemicals and other pool details that I needed to learn. Like most everyone I went to the local pool store and was sold Tri-Chlor...