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My water looks slightly a pale green.

Alright guys I tested my water today, plugged the numbers into the calc and then got confused. FC=25 CC=0 TC=25 pH=7.2 T/A=30 CYA=120 Any suggestions? A couple of nights ago I dropped my bag of baking soda into the pool. The next morning the pool turned into a nice shade of pale green.

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Sorry, I meant Baking soda. lol At my work I deal with soda ash. Can I get that at walmart or do I need to go to a pool supply place? Thanks for the help.

Hey guys, Thursday I was adding some soda ash to my pool (ph was kinda low) when the bag fell out of my hand and into the deep end. I figure all in all I added about 6-8 lbs. I woke up this morning and see that the water is a nice shade of pale green. I'm assuming this is from the baking...

Great idea. I will be looking into this, this weekend. thanks!

I'll double check but I haven't noticed any water leaking out anywhere. I had a friend that works on pools help me and I know we were very careful. Who knows though we might have. Thanks

Hey everyone, I did a search and I still can't find what I need. I'm also not sure if this is the correct area. When I vacuum my pool it doesn't seem to be getting rid of the debris or dirt. Here's what I do when vacuuming and the equipment I have: I use a pole with a vacuum head attached...

OK I got some conditioner now and I'm gonna go add it now and then retake the tests in about an hour.

Well I just got back. Lowe's, Walmart, Target don't have any and the pool stores are closed on Sundays and Mondays. :( We don't have a home Depot and soon I will be going to work. My son really wants to know if he can go in the pool, and I told him I'll have to ask you guys. So do you...

Ok I will go now to Lowes and see if they have it. I just took another test and the TA is now up to 70. I added some more baking soda and will take another test when I get back. Thanks guys

Ok added some "PH ADD" this morning and about an hour later took a reading. Here it is. PH:7.8 FC:7.5 CC:0 TC:7.5 TA:40 Hard:40 CYA:0 I can't find any conditioner here in town so I'm ordering it online and today and it should be here on Tuesday. Gonna add more baking soda per the calc. The...

Thanks guys, I'll take care of the ph right away in the morning. Thanks for the link on the CYA also. :)

Ok it just got done raining here and I have new results. Also when doing a CYA test it says when the black dot disappears to stop filling the tube. What does that mean? Disappears because of the bubbles or is the water supposed to be cloudy or what? I'm confused on that part. PH:6.8 FC:4...

Yeah you are correct. I do have chlorine tabs in my chlorine tower (not sure what you call it). And my dad told me to add shock 73% hypochlorite to it last night. I added a 1lb bag. Probably shouldn't have done that. The PH looked to be the darkest pink so I'm guessing around 8.2.

Not sure. My first test was this morning.

I did also have to drain the pool yesterday due to the fact I had a bunch of mud on the bottom I couldn't get up. So the water is a pretty blue now but the test results aren't where they should be.

Ok Guys after my first test these are my results: FC:19 CC:0 TC:19 TA:40 CH:40 CYA:0 Any suggestions?

Thanks Dave will do. I think I'll vacuum for the next 3 days and see if it gets any better along with adding the bleach. I should have ordered the test kit last week. I just kept putting it off. :( I can't wait until I get it. Looking at your 925 lbs sand filter makes my 250 sound so...

Good job MM. You give me hope. Hopefully mine will be like yours soon. Just waiting for the test kit. :)

Ok here are my numbers I had on the 26th. Since then we did have a big storm come through. FC=0.0 ppm TC=4.7 ppm CC=4.7 ppm PH=6.6 Hardness=0 ppm Alk=0 ppm CYA= 5 ppm Copper=.02 ppm Iron=0 ppm I added 3 large jugs of bleach last night. 558 oz to be exact. I brushed and vacuumed the pool...

Are you sending more bad weather my way? lol. Sounds good. I'll go to wally world after work and pick some up. Thanks.

Sounds like a good starting point. Thanks. I'll get my test results up tomorrow. Maybe that will help also.

Whew nothing was clogging the lines. System is up and operational. Now just waiting for the TF-100 to get here!!!!

The first day when I took the cover off. Been sittin for 2 years!!! What the pool looks like now! My system.

I can't see the bottom but I think for the most part it is clean. I try and clean the bottom at least once a day in case something settles. I have also scrubbed the walls and floor with the brush. Not sure if that helps right now but I figured why not.

Well hello everyone. While I'm waiting for my test kit to arrive in the mail I was wondering what I should be doing. I don't have the www hooked up at my house yet (just moved in) so I can't give you specs of my pool yet. I would like to think it's below 10k though. It's pretty small. I...

Well everyone thanks for the warm wishes. It's been awhile (don't have the www hooked up yet) and here is what I've done. I replaced all the sand in the sand filter. Finally got the filter up and running. I am finally filtering. YAY!!! I think I need a new pressure gauge though, It reads...

Thanks for the help Jason. Never thought about the drain king. Thanks.

Well to make a long story short I bought a foreclosure with an in-ground pool that hasn't been used or cared for in 2 years. All equipment seems to work but I can't get any water to the pump. I reached into the skim pocket and I can feel sand at what I think is the opening to the pipe. I'm...