Recent content by Renn

Thank you for the info. I had only bought 5 lbs from pool store, they wanted me to buy 20 lbs, ugh. I then went to another store and bought a large bag of sodium bicarbonate for $8.00. Its crazy what pool stores charge. However they did get me on the calcium. I hope they will take back the...

Thank you for your help, Maddie. I have borax and I am working on the pool math now.

Pool Store test read the CYA levels at 0, although I am unfamiliar with the need for cyanuric acid beyond it being a conditioner that prolongs the life of chlorine - as told me by store employee. I will research it. Thanks for your help. I have been learning to really question the pool store advice.

I had a water test done yesterday. Calcium Hardness was reading 110 ppm. Store recommended adding 38 lbs of their calcium chloride. The calculations on the container work out to about 38 lbs. I did research today before adding it and read that high calcium can cause cloudy water and stinging of...