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The good news is I passed the overnight test. Bad news is I retested the CYA and used my last bit of reagant before reading your post. No sun till later today or tomorrow. I'll have to order more CYA reagant. My reading today was a 30 to 35 for me and a 40 to husband.

This is making me crazy. I assumed the CYA dropped because of all the rain. I'll test again tomorrow. No sun today. I was standing under light in the house. I don't think I knew about keeping the tube waist high. I continue to learn something new every time I get on here!

Late start... 11 am testing. About to clean out pool from thunderstorms. FC 23.5 CC 2.0 (why?!) CYA 30 Ph above 8 TA - 150 CH - 300 Since my CYA is down but my CC is back up what do you think I should do? Shock to the recommended 12 or go higher? I've been shocking based on my CYA level of...

Pool pic from February 23, 2017. When I woke up that morning and saw the ducks that was an indication that it was time to do something! It started raining today so I wasn't able to get a pic. Maybe tomorrow. I started seeing the shallow end earlier this week. Deep end is still a little...

How long can my pump continue to run continuously? Day 10.

Okay, I did go back and brush. There were some pockets of green dust.

Had to SLAM the pool last Friday. Green is gone but the water is still cloudy. My pump has been running 24/7 since I started the SLAM. 3/3 7am FC - 29.5 CC - 1.0 CYA - 70 TA - 150 CH - 270 Ph - 8.0 (I know it's high because of SLAM) At 4pm I tested again and my FC was 21.5 so I am going to...

Thanks to you both. I think I will try to get a leaf net next year. This has been crazy with the leaves. Freezing Temps tomorrow night though.

I live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. If you are familiar, then you know that we may not have a single freezing day or we may have a week of ice! You just never know. Last year, people were out swimming on Christmas day and we had a deadly tornado the day after Christmas and we didn't use a...

I SLAMMED up to 35 last night. Don't know what my chlorine level is now because I ran out of reagent! As far as closing the pool I was curious as to what folks do in DFW. The previous owners left a cover and pillow so I guess I'll use that around November? We are surround by trees so I...

Would DE help with circulation problems?

I did a normal CYA test a few days ago and it was at 80. The return line and skimmer are on the same side. Probably 4 feet away from each other. I don't have a main drain or I don't know where it would be. Moved into the home in June. My levels were fine until after 4th of July and that's...

Update - still SLAMMING and I'm not quite understanding why. It's been 6 or 7 days. Tuesday and Wednesday my FAC was at a 27.5 and I put enough bleach in to raise it to 32 both evenings. This morning it's back at a 27.5. My CC I think is at a 0.5 because when I use the kit I add one drop of...

My diluted CYA test is almost at a 50.

I've been battling algae. I finally got it all cleared up. I had to rely on Leslie's test in the store and my test strip because I didn't have the test kit yet. Clear water, I tried to keep chlorine high until I got the kit. Now I got the kit and I can't believe my levels. FC 12 CC 1 Alk...

I have been dealing with algae and haven't seen the bottom of the pool for a month. Now that everything is clean and clear, yikes, I have bleach stains and indentions and wrinkles in the liner. I'm a new pool owner and according to the previous home owners the liner is maybe 2 years old. So I...

The Frog Cycler is connected to the pump. I haven't replaced anything or added anything to it and I don't want to. Can I just leave it hooked up because it seems like it is going to be complicated to remove?

Okay, so I am a new pool owner (since June) and somehow stumbled upon TFP through tons of online research when I got the green algae. I am learning and slowly starting to understand things. When I got home today, the pool water was clear. There was a dust of green algae in various spots. I...

Hi I'm new to this. My previous levels were FC - 3, CYA - 60, PH - 7.3, Phosphates - 100, CH - 280. These levels were at the end of my Green to Clean cycle. I am now on day 4. Yesterday things were looking better. Algae was gone except for a few dusty areas. I SLAMMED the pool based on the...