Recent content by vicki347

Still no test kit. Just using the strips, BUT my water is crystal clear again. I have just been trying to keep my chlorine level up as best I can with the strips. I have been looking at the test kits and cant figure out what I NEED. It's just a small above ground...any advice on which one to...

CYA Cyanuric Acid Sometimes called stabilizer or conditioner, it helps protect the chlorine from 'burning off' in direct sunlight. Too little and most of your chlorine can be lost in about 30 minutes of direct sun. Too much and it interferes with your chlorine's ability to sanitizer and kill...

Hey, during all this bleaching process my cya level are staying really low. From what I am understanding from Pool School that's a good thing...right :?: Once over the Algae war is that something I even need be concerned with raising :?:

:wave: YAY!! Pool still holding levels!! Even with the additional rain water (bad storms last night) that has it practically overfowing. Still a tad bit cloudy, but that'll work itself out in a day or two I'm sure. :goodjob: Thanks to everyone that made this website available to pool dummies...

Wow! Everyone must be going with your BBB method. The bleach shelf at the local Walmart is bare :shock:

Ok, so my pool passed the over-night test, and has been doing great all day despite this little heatwave we are in right now. I have been checking it every hour and it isn't as crystal clear as it was but its getting there. :)

:cry: Well... that's a bummer, but I'm not giving up. May choke the hubs if he goes near my pump again. :hammer: I'm gonna keep working with the chlorine and the strips I have til the good kit gets here. Probably have more questions(melt-downs) along the way. Thanks for your guidance I will...

The pool was fine sparkling clean, and then the hubs turned the pump off and I didn't know it for 2-3 days. Went out there and it was light green water. So I added bleach and left the pool running. It was doing good and again he turned the pump off. When I went out there and found it off again I...

ok I understand I need a kit, but what I have now are strips... :( sorry. I am working on it. Now they are reading.. Th-200 tc-3 fc-3 br-6 ph-7 ta-100 stabilizer-100...so I'm making progress? :roll:

tc-1 fc-0 ph-3 ta-0 stabilizer-0

It's Aqua-chem...and oh oh oh thank you soo much!!!

I have already added this 20% algaecide from Wal-mart, and should have waited til I read more here. I am understanging from what I have read it will be ok as long as it's not copper based. Well, now I am in a panic trying to figure out if the Crud is copper based... I have searched all the...