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7:00 am next morning: FC = 4 CC = 0 did not test calcium TA = 150 Ph = 7.5 Yay! Outside of a 1 ppm drop in the FC, think we are on the road to better understanding this pool chemistry thing! btw, the kids LOVE watching me test the water, pretty soon it may become their job LOL! 1) Should I...

OK - had tons of people and splashing in the pool over the weekend.....added 2 gallons of bleach that night after everyone left. It has been three days, and I have done nothing else. Then RAIN MONSOON poured down last night, and rained most of today, looks like we may have gotten at least a...

7:00 am day 2 FC = 8 CC = 0 calcium = 230 TYA = 140 CYA = 70 PH = 7.8-8 -> did not seem to go down after adding 1/2 gallon MA last night before bed We have company coming today (for Labor Day weekend), and I will not be able to test again until either very late tonight or tomorrow. Looks like I...

First Test Results from 9:00 am this morning are above. Added 3 gallons chlorine at 4:00 pm -> then had to get the kids to rodeo. Retested 10:45 pm tonight: FC = 9 CC = 0 calcium = 300 TA = 170 CYA 65-60 range PH = 7.8-8 -> seems high to me For the scaling we tried Muratic Acid directly from...

http://s1045.photobucket.com/user/jordantammy/library/?sort=3&page=1 I think this link will work. It shows the overall pool, the REALLY bad scaling around the spa portion, and some brown spots on the gunite in the shallow end. I feel like maybe those are some type of metal or mineral staining...

OK - working on photobucket now...... is there anything I need to do to the pool today with the numbers from the test this morning? I feel like I may need chlorine, but also think the TA is high.... Should I retest everything just to be on the safe side? The spa area has a LOT of calcium...

how do I delete pictures from the File upload manager? The three from earlier maxed the usage - I want to now delete those and add the areas that are trouble spots.

these are the basic pictures... it looks pretty good and clear. I do have some trouble spots and will post that shortly.....

Yay! Test kit came yesterday and full test results from this morning are below: FC = 2 CC = 0 TC = 2 (basically 2+0 from above) PH = 7.8 (maybe higher, hard to differentiate the pink colors) Calcium = 330 ppm -> it did not turn red, but pink so I continued on - was that right? TA = 170 CYA = 65...

Short story -> bought house with pool (30 yrs old), in-ground, gunite (or plaster if that is the more appropriate name), both hubby and I are new to this pool thing! Kept previous owner's pool guy for a year = fired him about a month ago. We had black algae, and sometimes mustard algae, and...