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Great thanks!

Can you point me to a link with more info on that so I get get a better understanding of that balance? I thought I was just aiming to keep FC above 3 and below 5 according to the Intex pool manual. Thanks!

Sorry about not replying, somehow I missed the last few posts. Thanks so very much for all the ear advice. The alcohol and vinegar mix works great! I think it was the high chlorine causing all the skin, eye and ear irritation so I had to stop using the pool after only a few days. I am very happy...

Very helpful. Thank you. I have had it 2 other times in my life and all 3 times it has been in the right ear. It is true that I am very sensitive to chlorine so that was interesting to read.

Thanks so much Vickery and Kellyfair. My water has warmed up with this heat and the water has been in the 80's this week so it is now plenty warm. I have been testing daily with the powder, strips and the blue box kit and all are getting the same results. That is the first time I have been...

But we have not been able to get accurate CYA test results with the kit using the control.

Thanks so much for sharing your info Vickery. We have been so discouraged trying to get this pool going. We were having a terrible time getting the chlorine to drop and all signs seemed to point to the fact that there was too much CYA in the water but the TF-100 kit was reading lower than I was...

Thanks for the offer but I really don't think that I will be using the chlorine part of the test kit that much. I bought it for the CYA test but we are having trouble getting accurate results with the kit. The folks on the forum gave me some new advice about temp of water when we test so we are...

No, I didn't call. Just didn't have the energy. Health has been challenging throughout this so energy is very low. The lids on the liquids were loose too but only the powder spilled.

The water temp is 66 today and there has been cloud cover and some rain everyday. The SWG is unplugged from the power. Stabilizer was a brand new bottle from the pool store. We are running both chlorine tests exactly as the directions state. We have both read instructions and both checked the...

Hello again, It's been 4 days since we last added chlorine, salt and 104 oz of CYA and the chlorine is not budging from 10.5 so we still have the SWG off. CYA test in the TF-100 is still not giving accurate results after testing it on a few pairs of eyes and against the control a couple of...

Ah yes, well remember we did have to cancel Don's 71st birthday pool-party when we drained it so that was what all the worry and heartbreak of the whole thing was/is. We have survived a brutal heatwave over the last week and now a long rainy cold front is hovering over us so no swimming for us...

The pool water today is crystal clear. Still have the SWG off will test chlorine after I put the chickens in the coop.