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Highs in the 90's all last week and 97 yesterday. Pool is 86. We have been swimming almost a month. The kids started swimming when the water reached 75. Yep, they're a little crazy!

I have an old Duke from Aqua Slide. Does anyone know where I could find a set of replacement handrails?

Sand was changed in July 2016

Jack's Magic The Purple Stuff was added prior to 8/17. No idea what's in the water. There's nothing been intentionally or knowingly added.

No idea on what could be in pool. Simply put, everyone, including us, farms. All water comes out of the same aquifer.. Most farmers use chemical herbicides and fertilizers daily. Nitrogen is the most common fertilizer. - - - Updated - - - Yes. That's correct.

This was occuring Monday through Thursday. It did not occur yesterday. :) - - - Updated - - - How do I eliminate these?

This is a new liner and new fill. For the first 3 weeks, it was green tinted and cloudy. The pool guy kept dumping calcium hypochloride in and couldn't get it to hold any free chlorine. He dumped 100 lbs in that I know of. Finally, he gave up. I tested PH and it was 6.2. I raised the PH and...

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I'm using the T100. I might have it backwards, but I don't think it directly measures TC. ? I'm testing at 5 AM and around 8 PM and loosing about 10 PPM FC. Yesterday the FC was 6.5 and today it was 6.0. The CC was 5.0 yesterday and 6.0 today. I tested at 10 AM both days, but did not add...

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10 ML of pool water. Add scoop of powder. Swirl until dissolved. Add 0871. Count drops. Swirling after each one. Divide by 2 to get FC. Add 5 drops 0003. Add 0871 again. Swirl after each drop. Count drops. Divide by 2 to get CC. It doesn't smell like chlorine or taste like chlorine at all.He...

Here are my numbers from this morning: PH 7.5 FC 6.0 CC 6.0 CH 350 TA 150 CYA 70 Salt 3000 I'm struggling to get the CC down. I drained a foot of water from the pool and replaced the water with tap water and then I SLAMed the pool for 5 days straight using 8.25% liquid bleach by raising the FC...

Ok. I followed the Chlorine drop test exactly as written twice. The only thing I did different was to divide the number of drops added by 2 instead of multiplying by 0.5. The CC is 10. 20 drops...

You were right about the TA. It should be 240. I retested the CC. It is 10.

I finally have a kit. Here are my results: PH 7.8 FC 12 CC 10 CH 450 TA 320 CYA 90 Pool is clear.

No worries! I just appreciate the help! Pool guy/store has been doing the testing. I've ordered the kit and I'll start as soon as it arrives.

Our Dollar General carries it. :)

Got it Tim! Thank you for your help. I'll get the Borax and let you know as soon as I get reliable test results! This is my first go around with a pool in 10 years so I'm a little rusty! ;)

How long do you wait after adding chlorine bleach to test for free chlorine?

Thanks! Draining and refilling is an option, but I'm afraid the same issues will present with the refill as we've had these issue from day 1. I've started trying to bring the PH up using sodium carbonate. Hopefully, I can get that adjusted today, get a good test kit by Tuesday and start over. I...

BTW- Pool guy has given up and wants to drain pool and start over!

I will be taking care of the pool. I will order the test kit today and have already done the homework :). From what I can tell, I have to raise the PH and continue to shock until break through chlorination is achieved. I feel that the problem is that he is shocking only once a day. Yesterday was...

Help needed! We just renovated our pool 3 weeks ago. The pool man has been trying to get our water straight continuously and has not been successful. To begin with, he stated our phosphates were way too high. From what I've seen on here, that's not an issue. I need some help getting this pool in...