Recent content by TheAmazingSam

My parents have a 5000 gallon above ground pool with a sand filter that they've setup inside a detached garage so they can use it year-round. They were using baqua and want to convert to chlorine via drain and fill. I remember reading in the past that there are some specific issues/tasks that...

The skimmer pucks are more than half dissolved already - I put them in overnight and left the pump running. I'll pull them out now.

Test kit arrived over the weekend and I had effectively 0 CYA in the pool. I'm not sure how that's possible since the previous homeowners left a bunch of tri-chlor tabs, and I've used a few of them, but I ran the test twice. I've since added 4lbs of dry CYA which still didn't get me up to 30+ so...

I had no CYA in my pool. Still not sure what the previous homeowners were doing to make that possible, but it explains why I haven't been able to maintain any FC. For months now the store has given me test results of 40-50 CYA. A week ago they measured it at 30. Finally got my K2006 and the tube...

On Monday I went to the pool store just to get my pH level double checked b/c I am terrible with colors. I thought it was 7.8 and their results backed that up - CYA 30, FC 1, pH 7.8, TA 80. I couldn't find muriatic acid (didn't realize I could get it in the paint department) so I added 4 cups of...