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Using double amount of chlorine I have been using the BBB method since Oct. and have had no issues at all with balancing my water until now. I added 121 oz of 8.25% bleach last night and this evening my FC is already down to 4.2 In the fall I would have a reading of 6 on a Monday evening and...

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Shock FC I understand CYA level/minimum FC/and Target FC but what exactly does the Shock FC number mean?? I have been reading pool school ...my CYA is 50/FC is 4 which I know is minimum and Target for FC is 6. What does the Shock FC 20 mean??

Re: Help, Just bought a house with a pool and chemicals are Thank you Jason. After dumping so much stuff in today, my plan was to retest in the morning and see where I was at. After having such a high CYA level it is nice to see it low but I know I can't keep it too low! Thanks for all your...

Re: Help, Just bought a house with a pool and chemicals are Under, Water Vanya wanted my readings which are FC 3, PH 7.5, TA 125, CH 225, CYA 37

Re: Help, Just bought a house with a pool and chemicals are O.K. Pool has been emptied and refilled and, for the moment, all my readings are within range and the water looks great. I need to know what TFP thinks about backwashing my sand filter?? I have heard I should do it weekly and I have...

Re: Help, Just bought a house with a pool and chemicals are Thanks everyone for all of your feedback. We started draining the pool last night and I will begin filling back up shortly. I was reading the CYA level correctly on the small cylinder side that goes up to 9. My amount stopped at the...

Re: Help, Just bought a house with a pool and chemicals are I have it listed under my signature with pool info that I live in Tucson, AZ. We don't have shut down and start ups here with our plaster pool. We don't cover are pool so just keep it maintained all year round. Because my CYA level...

Re: Help, Just bought a house with a pool and chemicals are The K-2005 test kit only shows CYA level at 100 for the highest and no readings after that just space. I redid the test as UN1017 recommended following step 9 for a more accurate CYA reading and all I know is it is at the 1.8 mark of...

Re: Help, Just bought a house with a pool and chemicals are Thank you everyone for all of your feedback, it is much appreciated

Re: Help, Just bought a house with a pool and chemicals are

Just bought a house with a pool built in 3/1998 and is plaster 8100 gallons. We would like to maintain ourselves so just bought the K-2005 Taylor kit. Previous owners said they used to just use the floater with chlorine pucks inside and add ph up or muriatic acid as needed. They also said...