Recent content by tettnanger

Thanks everyone, I'm definitely going to get an advanced test kit then! And I'll keep on reading the great info on this site. Someone asked, my pool is a 16' x 24' oval and roughly 8500 gallons based on my water height calculations.

I'm a new pool owner in Michigan of an above ground (but half buried) Doughboy pool. I'm still reading through all the educational materials in Pool School and all that, but when I went to buy a water testing kit at my local pool store I was told that for an above ground pool I do not need an...