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- - - Updated - - - I've been told over and over to keep my TA between 90 and 115, I keep having to re-learn differently. Like teaching an old dog new tricks. Every season I need to re-learn what I forgot over the winter and then learn more. I'm still pretty new at this, having just bought our...

Was looking for information about citric acid as a safer or more gentle "natural" option for lowering ph but can't find much about it. Any one have experiences with this? Good or stay away? I'm on the BBB method and been loving it, but my ph is 7.8 so hoping to lower it a touch without getting...

When I returned home this evening I tested the water, here were the results... (LaMotte SpinTouch time stamp) At 6:53pm Monday: Free CL = 0.52 Total CL = 0.67 Combined CL = 0.14 PH = 7.5 Alkalinity = 125 Hardness = 97 CYA = 32 Copper = 0.0 Iron = 0.1 Phosphate = 0 Then I added 1 gallon of 10%...

Thank you again. Hopefully it was safe to swim in the ammonia, my kids had been in the pool a few times. :( I will do the OCLT and see. Thanks.

Just saw the reply, thank you again. I had turned it back on overnight and it ran through today, but is now off. The pump will be on again all day tomorrow. How do I tell if the CYA became ammonia? I am out of town until early evening tomorrow, but I did another test using my LaMotte SpinTouch...

Also...do you think I need to leave my filter run overnight? Normally it's off at night (just shut down).

Thanks for this help! I live just inside city limits, so I do have city water. Just looked on the pail again for the powder I put in through the sock in the skimmer, it does say cyanuric acid in small print - can't remember the name of the company but it's local (maybe Haviland?) that I think...

Thanks for the help. The SpinLab is my own (was able to get a great deal on it and I haven't enjoyed dealing with liquid chemicals, plus I'm a sucker for the tech that sends the records to my phone for free). I'll go back to using my Taylor kit for testing multiple times within the day (while...

Thank you. I'll have to look up the SLAM procedure. Adding bleach again today. My water is actually crystal clear. Thought it was powder muriatic acid but maybe not, purchased it from the pool store - kind of strange, the pail doesn't say what it is, just says "conditioner." It's a white...

Thanks, trying today.

I've been a TFP member for about a year and love what I've been able to learn. Unfortunately as a pool novice (purchased our home with the existing pool less than 2 years ago), I am running into a problem and not sure what to do. Any ideas would be appreciated. I am having a terrible time...