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  1. Jrod1611

    PH won't stay down

    Our pool has been doing great using the pool calculator but the PH keeps climbing up. We add muraic acid but it never comes down below 7.8 and we are trying to get it to 7.2 even adding the chemicals the pool calculator recommends, it doesn't ever come down below 7.8. Is there something else we...
  2. Jrod1611

    Conflicting info TF100 Kit and Leslie Pool Analysis

    We recently drained and filled up our pool and have been using the trouble free pool calculator for everything and it has been looking good. I test with the Tf 100 kit and my reading was and still is CYA 40. Their analysis was 0, they tested twice using the strips and the chemicals and say there...
  3. Jrod1611

    Slammed and ph high? Normal?

    Hello, So we shocked to a 12 and prior to that added the recommended murrain acid to bring down the PH to 7.2, it's been 3 days and: FC 7 CYA 30 PH is 8 So bring down the PH correct?
  4. Jrod1611

    How often do you test your FC?

    Wondering how often you check and adjust adding chlorine? Does it vary for example once a week in the winter, 2 a week in summer?
  5. Jrod1611

    Just filled up new water, now what?

    We are first time pool owners in Phoenix and I guess did everything wrong this year. We drained the pool and pressure washed and got all the black algae off. My question is now what? I don't want to mess it up again. Someone said get the water to CYA 30ppm, PH 7.1 and SLAM. Does that sound...
  6. Jrod1611

    I need help, no clue what we are doing.

    First time owning a house with an ingrown pool. We did our best all summer with chlorine tablets, shocking the pool, scrubbing etc. We live in Phoenix so we just stopped swimming in it a few weeks ago and want to get it back in good shape all winter. We have black Algea spots on the bottom...