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If I could wave a magic wand over the pool and just have it regulate itself to FC=5-7 all the time I would. But for now I have to constantly monitor and adjust FC. After an entire night of no monitoring and no adjusting, the FC level drops to near zero. Nothing I can do about that short of...

. This morning my FC=3!!!!!!!! This is the first time a morning test showed anything better than essentially zero! Then we got a couple inches of additional pool water via a thunderstorm :(

Thanks everyone! The water is looking really good right now.

. I've been keeping the FC level somewhat consistently high, in accordance with the CYA/FC chart for SLAM, for a couple days. I ~may~ be seeing a decline in the FC consumption rate. CYA is now 30 and pH is 7.8 ... I've gone through over 20 gallons of chlorine. Hopefully there's a point at...

After the 2 lbs, CYA=20 now pretty solidly. I'll be adding another pound this evening.

Thanks everyone! Added about 2.5 lbs of CYA via sock. This took about 30 minutes per pound as the stuff just melted down to nothing once in the water. I've brought pH down to 7.5 as well, just don't know how long to wait before testing for CYA levels. After the 1st pound I tested 30 minutes...

Looks like the only CYA raising product I can get are a) some liquid stabilizer ( not an acid but a salt ) from the local pool supply --expensive and b) granular CYA from a hardware store. Looks like the only pH modifier I can get is Dry Acid from the pool supply. Will the granular stuff work...

Got my tf-100 kit today and found the following results: FC: 0.5 TC: 1 ?? pH: 8.2 CYA: <20 ( the solution was totally clear ) CH: 550 TA: 100 Whatever chlorine I add to this body of water seems to disappear rather quickly day or night. This is related to the low CYA or high pH? Suggestions...

My TF-100 is on the way...should have it in a day or two. My FC levels appear to be dropping to near zero each night no matter how much bleach I add. For example last night I added 2 gallons of 10% ( according to the test strips this brought FC to around 10ppm ) and found the FC levels near...

. Good point. Ima gonna add another healthy dose of bleach tonight to bring FC up even more. PoolMath tells me I should add about 50-70oz. I'm gonna just go for half a jug and see what happens. Can't hurt...right. I've got a CL-580 cartridge filter. Pulled it apart and found it absolutely...

Finally I see something different:) 4 hours after adding ~90oz of 10% bleach ( PoolMath ), I see FC in the 2-4ppm range. Checked it again this morning and see similar results. Gotta get the test kit though for more accuracy.

OK so trying to raise FC. I'm using 10% bleach ( liquid chlorine from ACE ). With an estimated 14000 gallon inground pool I added roughly 32 oz. Check next morning and find FC at about 0 to 0.8 ( basically no change ) My ph is low so I'm running the waterfall to try and raise it without...

. Re: North Texas in ground pool I'm inaccurately estimating at 10-12k gallons. I've learned a few pool facts over the past week or so after moving into my house w/pool ( 20 year old pool ). Prior to this, I've had zero pool experience. The previous owner left me with a couple bags of shock...