Recent content by Team Mel

Yes, the fill water TA is 270. I intend to drop the TA to as close to 100 as possible. Thanks!

Hello! New here and recently switched over to the TFP method after two years of using a frog system in a 30k gal gunite/plaster pool. I drained and refilled 3/4 of the pool a few weeks ago to lower our CYA build up and haven't had to SLAM. The TA of our tap water is 270 so I've been bringing it...

Hi James, Before we added anything, we had a reading of 2.0 CC and even after we added the MPS, it persisted. The pool store told me the MPS will only affect the CC reading for 24 hours. Is that true? I agree that we definitely need to get the CYA down, but it's still so high after a half...

We did two non-chlorine shocks of MPS a week and a half ago (over two days) and the CC didn't go down at all. We also added some enzyme additive they gave us and, again, no luck. That's one of the reasons we're done with the pool store. They said the MPS won't affect the CC reading after 24...

Yes, I need to raise the FC for sure. I've read most of the site and I'm literally just now trying to put it into action. Thank you so much for the help!

Hello, I've been reading the site and studying since last summer when we began to have problems with CC. Frustrated with the pool store, I'm finally ready to take the plunge into the TFP method. I had a CYA of >100 and I drained the pool by half and refilled yesterday. Unfortunately, the CYA...