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    Please refresh my memory on FC testing

    Hi All! Happy to be here again for another great BBB season. I just open my pool to a black swamp, started shocking and I' m using my DPD test but it only allows you to measure your FC level up to 5 ppm. I know there's a way to measure the FC much higher for when you're shocking, but I...
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    What is Total Dissolved Solids?

    Hi Everyone! I went to the pool store today to test my water because I had run out of my cya reagent their test results are as follows; fac 3 tac 3 ph 8 ta 120 cya 50 tds 1650 What is TDS? Their recommendations are to partially drain and refill, I have lost some water already due to a small...
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    Pool opening readings

    Hi! All! Started the BBB method last year and love it! I opened the pool for the first time and the water is clear :party: but I need help with my readings as I'm a little confuse as what to add to the pool. The readings are as follows; FC 0 TC 0 CC 0 PH 7.2 TA 100 CYA 0 Temp 64 I added...
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    I don't know how to fix this

    We are about to close our pool and my husband by mistake :? did a small tear on our liner right by the left side of the skimmer. How can we fix this? Are there any kits that anyone recommends before this tear gets any bigger? I really want to fix this before we re-fill next year. Thanks for...
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    First time testing water with Leslie's DPT test kit

    Hi! Everyone, this is my first time testing the water with this kit, I notice the TA is very high, i don't know if i tested correctly. Water temperature is 82, water is crystal clear. pool size 10600 above ground. Using bleach.Here are the readings; ph 7.4 cya 40ppm TA 450ppm FC 5 TC 5 TC 0...
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    Thank you

    I'm so glad I found this forum, been throwing money away all this summer in pool stores until now. My pool was either cloudy or with algea that I could not get rid off, until I started using bleach, I'm happy to say my pool is now crystal clear and love it. Is now a pleasure to have a pool! :party: