Recent content by tmack3

No, I don't know how it got so high so quickly. The fill water is pretty hard-325 ppm. We have been running the waterfall all winter as long as the pump is on. Trying to keep the pipes from freezing at the time. Not so much an issue now. So I don't know if the pool water is picking up calcium...

Here are today's numbers: FC 4 CC 0 pH 7.6 TA 90 CH 625 CYA 90 I've been adding liquid chlorine but not enough, I guess. Regarding the FC up to 10, at what point is the FC too high to swim in? FC level had been up to 5, but I forgot to add chlorine yesterday and it fell to 4 today. Yikes...

Thanks for the tip on the Extended Test Kit Directions. Although I have to say that the CYA test is kicking my behind. Yikes! I've had results from 70-100! I tried diluting the pool water as per the extended direction, and got 70 once and 80 a second time. Does that make sense? Although it's a...

Thanks, y'all, for your responses. Yes, Texas, not Tennessee. Retired here from Minnesota a few years ago. No, no iron in the well water. At least not according to the pool store test. But then again, I don't have a lot of faith in those. I'll try the extended CYA test to see what it...

So I've been reading a lot of the threads concerning high CYA and CH. Here are today's numbers. I recently purchased the TF 100 test kit after having my doubts about the pool store numbers. FC 2 Ph 7.6 CC 0 CH 800 TA 90 CYA 100 CSI 0.04 This is a relatively new pool, in ground, plaster, 25k...