Recent content by vivi4n

sorry, I meant acid not baking soda. I have a liquid stabilizer, not granular

I went ahead and added an additional 64oz of liquid chlorine (12.5%) and retested 30 minutes later. Here are my results: FC: 4 pH: 8 (went back up since yesterday) TA: 80 CH: 170 CYA: 0 It looks like the chlorine is up, but my pH went back up from yesterday. Should I focus on getting the CYA...

After speaking to my pool builder, he suggested that I switch to liquid chlorine. There was such a huge difference in price! Anyway, using the recommendations from pool math, I added in 64oz of liquid chlorine yesterday. I tested the water today and my Taylor test kit is still not reading any...

Thank you so much for this startup plan. I will be following it and hopefully it will help all this make sense to me. I started with 22oz of acid because that was what Pool Math suggested. I will be testing it in a bit and see if I need to add more. I will have to look up the 'sock method'...

I purchased the granular ChlorBrite from the pool store. The numbers I posted were the results I was given from Leslie's. Seeing as how my pH and FC were above or below what the test kit read, I wanted to make sure the numbers were accurate. I tested my TA this morning and it was 80 because I...

Our new pool is full and for the first two weeks we had a pool guy (sent by our builder) to keep the pool looking beautiful. Now, we have to keep up with the care and I decided to get the Taylor k-2006c test kit based on the information I found here. I performed my first tests today and found...

Hello everyone, We are in the process of having a pool and spa built and have been offered a Pentair Ultratemp 120 for heating the spa (7'x7'). We live in San Antonio, TX- so winters aren't harsh and our lowest temps average 40F and only for a few days at a time. I have read a lot about using...

Hi everyone, We recently finalized our contract with a local PB and are very anxious to get started! It seems like everyone in our area has decided to get a pool due to COVID and thus, builders are booked up. We started the process in April and hopefully, will get everything started next week...