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Test results today and I continually run a negative CSI. FC - 6.0 CC - 0 TA - 60 (intentionally this level to manage PH creep) CH -325 PH 7.8 CYA - 70 SALT 3600 TEMP - 80.5. CSI - -0.38. The only way I can see to raise the CSI above -0.3 and consistently keep it there is to raise CH...

Been here a while. Follow TFP. SPARKLING CLEAR water until yesterday when I opened the pool. first. I am out of 871 and had to order. The water temp is 70. salt was low. now in range 3500 free chlorine was low. Barely made pink but without 871 couldn’t count drops. cya was almost non...

So a little background. I have left the pool open (but now covered with the mesh safety cover because of all the hardwood trees) this winter here in the Atlanta area. In early fall I installed a Stenner Acid pump. I was tired of the weekly 1/2 gallon of acid pours. We swam until late October and...

I’m going to start setting up my stenner. Any commments welcome. Ok. Unpacked everything. I have: 1 digital timer. 1 vlow - vis 2 corrosion resistant check valves ( not sure which I am going to use these or 1 flow vis or all three. ) 1 Stenner 3 GPD / 30 gallon tank with rain shield...

Yes I’ve read through all the acid threads. To some degree I understand the idea of what to buy just not the actual equipment. Pool needs 1/2 gallon of MA each week. Someone just tell me the things to buy (model numbers, Amazon, etc etc ) when I go to the Stenner web page my eyes glaze over...

So first year taking care of a TFP pool. As winter approaches I have decided I don’t want to officially close the pool. I have a mesh green safety cover with the springs and I do want to cover it for the leaves but would like to keep the pump on and chemicals correct. I have a SWG plug so I will...

I have the Taylor 1766 salt test. Has anyone ran across testing where it never turns from creamy to salmon? Ran the test twice. Quit after 25 drops the second time as I know my salt content is between 3200-3500 at the moment. Bad reagents? Which one is more likely to go bad? The r-0630 or...

You guys have ruined me for public pools. I’m now that annoying guy who wants to tell everyone that the pool isn’t safe or sanitary. I hold off but I’m sure not swimming in it. Notice you can’t see anyone’s legs. On on my travels a view tonight out of my room........

Yesterday morning I left my pool for a 4 day test before the big 9 day leave of absence I will take in a few weeks. I turned my SWG up a little, and added enough MA to drop PH from 7.8 to around 7.0-7.2. ( didn’t have time to re-test but pool math is spot on for my pool). As long as everything...

Jim, I have two open pipes in my skimmers with a flapper cover that could go onto either pipe opening to close it down. How do I figure this all out and where should the flappers be set? I dove the pool Sunday just to feel any suction on the main floor drain but didn’t feel any. There is also a...

Pool built in 2000. All I have on the three returns are outside threaded pipes with a small narrowing of the inside of the pipe for an eyeball. The outside cap of this picture, which I bought, fits on the existing threads coming out of my plaster walls. (Without eyeball) However the rotating...

Ok figured I needed a brush. Bought a good wire brush and decided to kill sometime with the pool. Every stroke created a white cloudy substance that quickly cleared up as it dispersed. Is this normal for a plaster pool. Am I scrubbing too hard? Am I getting stuff off the walls and steps that...

Replumbed what I assumed was a leaking pipe out of my pump going into my filter. Still leaking and now wondering and pretty sure the leak is coming from the threads on the wet end. (Perhaps over tightened at some point?) Here are the before photos. How hard to change and where to find? This...

Today. Me FC - 5.0 TA - 70 tested 4 Times today. CH - 375 tested 4 Times now today. ph 7.8 cya - 70 borates - 48 pool company as I’m standing there. FC - 5 TA - 40 ( no 2 drops of r-0007 added per test instructions.) CH - 200 ??????? What ...... ph - 8.0 tested ph with half full...

Keep in mind I inherited this pool last year when we moved to a new house. There was already a pool company keeping it up and I continued this. My pool company suggested it might be time to clean or change the filters as they “theorized” they have not been changed in at least 5 years. Today I...

Is there a basic formula for how long to run a SWG % / pump time versus trial and error? My equipment is listed in the signature. Currently I am holding around 6 FC running around 10 hours a day at 20% better shorter run time but more %? Is is there a basic formula for water turnover...

I’ve been reading posts here for the better part of two months and learning all I could to take over care of the pool we inherited when we bought the house last year. I have quickly grown tired of sending that monthly check to the pool company. I have now joined the community and have become a...

How accurate is the CYA test for the Taylor 2006 test kit? Isn’t is subjective and eye-sight specific as to when the black dot disappears? Is it when it completely vanishes? What light source? I am trying to balance the pool per recommended values here before I add the boric acid. (Btw my...

Hello, i am new to the community and new to pool ownership. I have recently converted over to a salt pool. Here are my current readings. FC - 6.5 Ph 7.4 Ta - 75 Cya 45 CH - 350 Salt 3600. (3000-4000 range per SWG Manual) Read through plenty of threads am on board with adding boric acid...