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    Testing for chlorine with Taylor Kit

    I am running low on R-0871 reagent for testing chlorine but I have a bottle of R-0872 left from when I used bromine. Can I use this to test for chlorine in my current pool? I use liquid chlorine to sanitize.
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    bromine to SWG; can i do it?

    Hello I have struggled with my above ground bromine pool for 20 years and am sick of it!!! Can I switch from bromine to salt and how do I do it? Green pool at least once a summer if I leave it for even a day! Will this change help? Diana
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    Closing issues! Thanks for a great troublefree pool summer

    First I want to thank everyone involved in maintaining this site for the best pool summer we have had in the 25 years of AG pool ownership! now it's time to close and I have some questions. Read the closing instructions in Pool School. Every year our pool looses about half of the water we start...
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    algea after ascorbic acid treatment

    Please help. I used ascorbic acid treatment to get stains off pool walls and then slowly brought my chemicals back up to normal. I am seeing some sediment on pool bottom that looks like algae!! Water is still clear. What do I do now? I'm not supposed to SLAM for 2 weeks correct? Latest test...
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    Testing for bromine

    Just to clarify an earlier post: To test my bromine level I am using a 25 ml water sample for the FAS-DPD test. Each drop will be 0.5 ppm Br. Is this correct?:confused:
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    Green pool now cloudy

    Hi! New to the site. Opened the pool last week. Green and low water. Added water and some liquid chlorine and and got pump and bromine running. Started Slam last night with 2 gallons liquid chlorine 12.5%. AM test with Taylor K-2006 FC 20 pH 8.0 TA115 CH 280 Cyanuric Acid 0 Water is light blue...