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Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Yeah that 4.04 earlier entry was supposed to be 4.0. Ok so from all that I've read on TFP if I maintain FC 3-5 and CC 0.5 (or lower) I'm good to go. So all in all my numbers are good. Yeah! Finally.

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Well I did it according to the instructions but I just did it again and recorded what I did. Here it is: • Filled the Chlorine Only bottle w/ 10ml of pool water • Placed on speed stir, turned on and added 1 heaping scoop of R-0870 •...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Please bare with me here: 1st - So is my Chlorines overall ok then? 2nd - The reason I said what I did about my CH & TA (and I have read the ABC's many times) is in other places on the website it says that CH can be between 200 -...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h As of 12-20-13 My 1st results with the LT-100: FC 4.04 CC 0.5 TC 4.55 pH 7.5 TA 100 CH 375 CYA 70 SWG 3600 61 degrees pool temp FYI - just for comparison sake, I tested with Digital kit as well just to see...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h OK well I finally got the LT-100 kit last night and I'm trying to get familiar with where to start. This kit looks a little daunting if you ask me. But the first problem I'm trying to understand is the Speed Stir came with it's own...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h I'm currently using this test kit. When I bought it a few weeks ago I didn't know about this website and realize now it can't do what I need it to do. http://www.lamotte.com/en/pool-spa/digital-testing/colorq/2056.html I told my wife...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Yeah but from CH 286 to 421 in 3 days? My source water is rated @ CH 124? Also, let's say down the road I have to use a little Borax to raise my pH will that have any affect my CH?

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h 12-16 4:30am FC 4.5 TC 4.71 pH 7.2 TA 71 CH 421 CYA 74 Salinity 3500 SWG OFF 52 degrees These numbers reflect what I thought would happen after I did in the previous post EXCEPT I'm so perplexed on why my CH steady...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h After adding that 20oz. of acid yesterday here are my new numbers: As of 12-15 @ 1pm FC 3.92 TC 4.0 pH 7.3 TA 79 CH 365 CYA 67 Salinity 2900 SWG OFF 54 pool temp Added another bag of salt & 32oz. acid. I know this additional acid...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h I guess I did the right thing by adding acid then. See if I'm thinking right here. So when I added that 20oz. (little more than a cup) of acid this morning I did add it in front of a return jet and that will lower my pH some. My test...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h I know acid doesn't affect CH & CYA but my question was...I was wondering about adding my salt later today if that would. Ah yeah, I forgot about that lowering method. The acid/aeration process to lower TA: Add acid to lower your PH...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h After I took new numbers yesterday, I then added 1/3 gal. of 8.25% liquid bleach and then later 2lbs. of borax to raise my pH which was 7.2 at that time. Here are my new numbers as of 12-15 @ 5am this morning: FCI 4.0 TCL 4.08...

Whoops, yeah I see that now. I guess I just knee jerked with panic. Sorry!

I am certainly willing to learn and self test. I'm a very detailed person by nature. But this is what gets me confused. Now everywhere I've read here on TFP it says that my FC should be 3 -5 and my CYA should be 70 -80. Now Robbie just said that's going to create black algae. I don't get it.

Understood. Will do. I'm learning the ropes of the forum so I'll do as you guys say. thx

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Yep I've read that AND a whole bunch more the past few days (lot of stuff to consume isn't it) and I know what my targets are supposed to be and am shooting for them now. The only thing I'm a little unsure about is the chlorine levels...

Yeah I know but this was a totally different question that I had that really didn't pertain to my ongoing thread so that's why I did it here. thx

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Would love any comments of where I am right now. Been very busy on the pool doing the things mentioned above. Won't get my TF-100 kit until Wed. so I can't run a FAS/DPD test yet. My numbers when I started: FCI - 1.48, TCL - 1.70...

Thanks Dan. Yes I have a thread in this same forum category that's been running now for about 3 or 4 days now & I've been very busy scouring this website to learn AND doing a lot of things to correct my problem and get my pool balanced correctly. I'm fixing to update that thread right now so...

Well I've been soaking in all this TFP information several hours a day which is fantastic and every now & then when adding chemicals or treating the pool for something, I see the term "then aerate" your pool. BUT it never says how to do that. Even in the definition of terms page that word isn't...

Read the tip sheet of the types of salt to use and the Diamond brand name varied just a little in the store from the tip sheet. I took a picture. Is this the right salt for a SWG pool? http://www.alphaomegaDESIGN.com/salt.jpg Martin

So, the mixture of some Stainless bristles aren't important?

Have a salt water pool with Hydrozzo light blue finish and is 1yr. old. The contractor that built it for us gave us a 18" brush which has a combination of nylon & some stainless steel bristles. The pool company said that this type of brush also help polished the finish some...

Well, to be honest that's what I thought but as I'm learning and have made mistakes in the past I've learned it's better to ask first. I'm so glad I've found TFP I feel very confident that I have a family now that will help me get off training wheels and ride with confidence. Thank you.

I have another thread going right now about adjusting my pool chemistry and I'm in the mist of still doing that and ordered a TF-100 yesterday. But as I continue to learn about balanced chemistry, I was reading TFP's "Water Balance for SWGs" and it says that FC should be 3-5 ppm. My SGW manual...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h OK thanks Bama.

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Well, yesterday I drained to just above where the tile meets the plaster (total of about 5" - 6" of water) with a sump pump then added new water and tested with no or little change. Both CH & AYA actually went up a little. So really...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Answers to jblizzle: About the test kit No, no reason at all in not considering the TF-100 just not that knowledgeable yet about these more comprehensive test kits. I thought the one I bought was good. BUT...I can see now that it...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h • Pool size 10,000 (forgot that and realized that after I posted. Can't believe I forgot that) • Sorry on the CH reading 4124 that was a typo. I proof read my post but still missed that. My CH is 124 NOT 4124. • That CYA of 7 sounded...

A little history Been keeping water testing records for my 1st year but readings were taken with strips and I know now that was a mistake, but with what I had I stayed in pretty good margins. I also went to the pool store for testing every couple of months. But I recently bought a ColorQ Pro-7...