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Going into the first winter with my pool that was just closed by the pool company who installed the pool this year for me. Last year as the shell of the gunite sat over winter, they came by and put Gizmo’s in the skimmer boxes. At the end of October, the safety cover finally came in and they...

Looking for some advice and suggestions. Brand new plaster pool filled with water during Memorial Day weekend 2022. I’ve spent all season testing the water with my Taylor Test kit and maintaining the water chemistry myself. I am wondering if I should “aim” for certain FC , TA and CH numbers...

I usually use MA that’s 20% Baumé (31.45%) but for some reason I was only able to get a gallon of MA and the ingredients for this specific gallon is listed as Hydrogen Chloride 20% and Inert Ingredients 60%. I don’t see this option in the Pool Math drop down menu for entering this % MA into...

What is everyone using to scrape away the efflorescence ? Thanks in advance !

So this will be a never ending battle ? What does everyone else typically do ?

So , if I mix in a bottle 1 parts MA to 4 parts water and spray it on it should take it off ? That’s seems to be the remedy ?

Here is a photo. All of the grout looks like the one to the right.

I’m trying to upload a photo but it’s saying the file is to large.

New plaster pool filled with water on 05/27/2022. The grout between two tiles has a white build up that has been forming. It’s only in between these two tiles. I have been hitting it with a green scotch bright scrubbing pad to prevent the build up from becoming excessive. Any thoughts on...

I’ve been maintaining 4ish for a FC level because of the UV/Ozone filter in addition to my cartridge filter. I know the recommended free chlorine level is 7% of your CYA level. Although, I could have sworn I read on here you can manage a free chlorine level of 5% of your CYA level if you have...

On Saturday we are having a party. There is going to be 50 adults and 12 kids. I want to plan accordingly to have the appropriate level of free chlorine before, during, and after the party to avoid any water issues after the party. I maintain these levels everyday using liquid chlorine and the...

On May 28th, 2022 we finally finished our pool project and they plastered and filled it up with water. Since then we have not had to fill it with water. I guess that’s a good thing meaning it’s probably not leaking. The one time after a week of really hot weather the water level was low and...

What are you keeping your CYA at ?

Also , since you have the about the same amount of gallons I do… about how much liquid chlorine are you using ? And what do you keep your FC level at ? I’m going to switch to Liquid Chlorine soon.

So the cya isn’t showing up on my Taylor test yet. The black dot starts to get blurry right around the top of the test tube … 30ppms. So I bring it to the pool company to test and that’s the number they gave me. All the other numbers are from my Taylor test kit.

100% for the 14 hours ? Since you are using liquid chlorine and close to the same size as my pool. About how much liquid chlorine are you going through ?

Thanks for the reply ! I do have a test kit , I have the K-2006C from Amazon. Here are my masters test results … FC- 4.2 CC- 0 PH- 7.6 TA- 110 CH- 225 CYA- 28 Temperature 79

Can’t thank everyone enough for always being so willing to help ! We have had brand new plaster and water for 11 days. I’ve been getting more comfortable testing the water myself and adding the chemicals! Until around day 15, I have to run the pump 24/7. Trying to get set up for when I can...

Thanks for replying ! I’ll test the water again when I get home from work. How do those number look from Saturday and then yesterday ? Am I on the right track ?

When I mentioned liquid chlorine during their first visit to get the pump up and running they said something to the effect of you can’t shock it for 28 days days or somewhere around that time frame. Maybe because it is a new plaster and filled with water on the 27fh ?

Here are my test results for yesterday …. Temperature 77 degrees FC- 1.8 ppm CC- 0ppm PH- 7.8 TA- 120pm CH- 230ppm CYA- 25 ppm Tested today as well and here are the results … Temperature 78 FC- 4.0 ppm CC- 0.2 (tested after we had a few people swimming in it) PH- 8.0 (added ~ a 1/4 of a...

Just saw your reply. I appreciate the help! I Tested my PH this morning and it came back at 8.0. Pool math told me to add about a 1/4 of a gallon to get it down to 7.2. I did what I thought was about a quarter of a gallon and it was dead on. Brought it down to 7.2. Do you mind sharing a...

What’s your trick on measuring and adding MA to your new plaster pool to reduce the PH? Pool company added MA on Tuesday for me and it dropped the TA and the PH. Today my PH was at a 7.8 so I may have to add MA tomorrow for the first time by myself depending on where the PH test comes back at.

I’m new at this too. Serious question, how are you suppose to know what 3.5 pints is when you are pouring it out of a gallon jug slowing into the pool in the size of a pencil stream ? I feel like I would have to measure in order not to totally mess it up. We filled our plaster pool on Saturday...

Are you saying I’m fortunate the water is still clear because the free chlorine level is only at a 3.8? I’m on the pool math app as well. I Entered the test results from this morning in there. The recommended adjustments in the pool math app will aim to get your CSI level to a perfect 0.0...

The warranty calls for keeping the chemicals in a certain range and the FC range is 1-3ppm’s. 🙄 Without adding any chemicals since Tuesday … here are the readings from this morning. Temperature= 77 degrees FC= 3.8ppm CC= 0ppm or .2ppm (When I did the CC test (after I put in the five drops) I...