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My TA is 80. The pH was 8.4 yesterday again. I lowered it to 7.2 with MA. Today it is creeping up again and is at 7.8. I don’t know what to do to keep it down and stable.

My pH is suddenly off the charts! Over 8.2. Checked my TA and it’s 90. What on earth? What do I do?

Just opened pool. Pool man supposedly shocked it but my chlorine is zero. pH is 7.5. TA is only 40! CYA is 30. What do I fix first? Can I add baking soda and bleach at the same time? Will this mess up my pH? Should I up my cya or leave alone? thanks!

I checked my Fc. It was nearly 0 again. So I started my SLAM. I checked my CYA. It's about 50. So I checked the chart checked the chart and saw that my shock level should be at 20. Used pool calculator. It told me that I needed It told me that I needed 483 oz of 8.25% bleach. So I added four 121...

I started a thread last week asking questions about my first SLAM. Now I can't find it. I have searched with words I used in the title. Have tried searching titles only and posts. I have no notifications when someone replies. When I search the word SLAM I get ALL kinds of posts and questions...

My pool is 16,000 gallons and looks great. Crystal clear. CYA is a little high. According to the TF 1000 it looks to be 70 if I can trust my eyes on that test! I've practiced a few times. Pool isn't holding chlorine. Adding 3 gallons a day. Is that normal? I read some others suggested to SLAM...

So I got my test today. It took 24 drops to get my TA test to stay a sort of reddish. That just doesn't seem right. Not sure how pink its supposed to be. Could use a little guidance.

I have city water but apparently it has iron in it. I have very light stains on my steps and you can see a little staining on the slope of the pool. I did the vitamin C test and it did come off immediately so I assume it is iron. I added some hth metal stain defense and it came off the flat part...

I am using the search but nothing seems to come up that is related to what I'm asking. I have a 16,000 gal vinyl pool. I have an inline clorinator. Sand pump. Having trouble keeping chlorine in the pool. I don't have a good tester yet. I bought the cheapie sticks from Walmart and they say all is...