Recent content by sassafras1232

Ok, I will do that test tonight and post the results tomorrow morning

I don't think that the overnight chlorine test would be useful since there are leaves falling in the pool. I know that there will be organic matter in it at any given time due to the leaves. Maybe after I get the cover on it that would make sense...

Ok so right now (about 3 hours after adding chlorine and acid) I'm seeing the following: Color change blocks: 3ppm Chlorine, 7.8 pH Drops: 9 ppm FC .5 ppm Combined Chloramines CYA 50-60 (I still have a hard time interpreting the viewing tube) So based on the drops I am getting a good amount...

I couldn't find a date code on the bottles, but they're from a very busy Home Depot location. There's a lot of pool owners around here. So I don't think they'd be really old stock.

I have the TF test kit. Every time I used it it agreed with the strips so I stopped bothering because it takes so much longer to do. Based on the calculator app 5ppm is basically a gallon of chlorine. So you're saying that it's normal to go through a gallon per day? I guess I need to be...

I'm new to owning a pool, but it seems like I'm putting in a lot of liquid chlorine. The last few days I've been putting in half a gallon per day and it doesn't seem to be moving the needle on my FC levels. I think I might even be starting to see green growing on the walls! I also don't seem...