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  1. lissyloo

    Closing a pool in Phoenix AZ area

    Hi all, I was hoping for some help again. This is our first year with our newly built pool....we have not had it over a winter yet. We live in the Phoenix area, and did great keeping our pool crystal clear all summer with your help! Now that it is too cold to swim, we wanted to get to a...
  2. lissyloo

    CH is really high, what can I do?

    My most recent set of test results from today using my TFT100 kit pH-8.2 FC-6 CC-0 TC-6 CH-500ppm TA-90 CYA-60 I have been trying to be so careful with our brand new pool. Why is my CH so high, and what can I do about it. Should I be worried about the TA level. Also, the CYA seems to have...
  3. lissyloo

    pH issues--Muriatic Acid question

    Hello All, I have a question about adding Muriatic Acid to my brand new pool. We have been struggling the past week or more to keep the pH at a good level, and have been adding Muriatic Acid DAILY to keep it in the 7.4ish range. Doesn't that seem like a LOT? That is about $5 per day on acid...
  4. lissyloo

    Ugh. Another stupid question...

    I feel like I am NOT getting the hang of this. Our brand new pool startup was about a week ago, we had no chemicals in the pool as the builder did not get us started with chemicals, and we did not know to ask them to. So we started from scratch ourselves and are really wanting to get a handle...
  5. lissyloo

    New pool startup in AZ

    We have a brand new pool this week, and are unsure of where to start and hubby and I have never owned a pool before. (brand new to this site) Our pool was built by Shasta, inground, 16800 gallons, quartz select interior, pop up cleaning system, cartridge filter with ozone also. They were...