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Opened my pool nearly two weeks ago. It was a green swamp so I got the PH down, took my CYA to 40, turned on the filter and started slamming. About a week ago it turned from green to cloudy blue and I noticed I really wasn't making much progress. Two days ago I decided to deep clean my sand...

Thanks I’ll try it. I have been using the 25ml sample measurements

Ok so here it goes I let my pump run about 46-60 minutes in the morning before I test my water. My results for today were: FC 4.8 CC 0 PH 7.2 CYA 40 TA 130 I wanted to raise my FC to 6.5 using 12.5% bleach so pool math recommended 32oz. I added it and left the pump running. Came back three...

Menards has BOGO on 12.5% chlorine gallon jugs making it 1.98 each from June 23 -July 6

I’m just gonna roll with it and see what tomorrow’s test brings. The water is clear and nice so I guess no reason to be concerned. I was just surprised why the recommended poolmath amount raised it so high. I probably screwed up the first test.

It was on for at least 30 minutes. I just tested again and get 10.5 FC

Online calculator and pool brochure. It’s 28 diameter and 54inch sidewalls

So I tested today and my CYA was 40 and FC was 3. I wanted to raise my FC to 6 and poolmath said to add 57oz of 12.5% bleach. I added at 7am. I retested FC at 11am and got a 11.2 FC reading. Did I do something wrong? I used a liquid measuring cup and did not guess how much I added. I also...

Thanks I will I used the Taylor 2006 kit

Finished filling the pool yesterday and added some cya and 12.5% liquid bleach. Tested this afternoon and here are my numbers. The only one I’m kind of puzzled by is the TA. CYA=32. I want to add 14oz to raise this to 40ish FC= 7.8 might have added a little too much bleach last night Cc=0...