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Good point. The pool guy came but recently. First, he used test strips. Tried to tell me the chlorine was showing a different color in the strip than it actually was. I said, “listen. That chlorine is measuring off the chart. And I looked into the damage high chlorine in a pool can cause...

I used Leslie pools to test the chemicals yesterday. I do believe the cya is 60. I am sure the chlorine is over 30. The water was very dark pink. I’m thinking I will present to him that I am more than capable of taking care of the pool. And will do it at no cost. I didn’t think phosphates...

Thanks. I will try that. I have to school myself on phosphates now. Because he said today that is why the chlorine has to be high. According to Leslie pools the phosphates are 500. I am not real sure what that means right now. I’m getting conflicting information online on wether it’s a issue...

That’s what I thought too. After I asked the pool guy to test the chemicals. Actually I just asked if he would tell me what the readings were.... I never saw him again after that. I’ve told my landlord that we have not seen him and that the pool is not being attended too. I really don’t think...

Thanks all. The cya level is 60. I do have a print out. I am in Florida now. I’m not trying to ask for legal advice. Just ideas on how to handle it. Landlord uses a guy who drops tabs in a chlorinator. I’ve only seen him twice since November. There is no property manager. Just the...

I’m now renting a home in Florida with a pool. The lease says pool care included. What he’s done is lock all the controls and loaded the pool with chlorine. The chlorine level is over 30. I keep asking that he please either balance the chemicals or let me do it, he insists that the pool is good...

lol i can't edit my post.. suppose to say the day before yesterday!

fc 8 cc 0 ta 80 ph 7.4 ch 260 cya 50 I have already had to add stabilizer, the cya was 40, got it back up to 50. it seems the rain raises the ph as well. so i guess that explains why i'm using sooo much muriatic acid. right now my numbers i think look good. the water is crystal clear. it's...

for some reason i couldn't post yesterday.... every time i replied it dissapeared.

Ok .. I will have to look into it tomorrow. But in the morning ill do a complete set of numbers. But id like to ask... if I cant do anything about hard water, why test it? I know it is on the high end. I will test it again no problem. Im just curious. My pool pump is fixed now. Benefits to...

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Ugh! I had to turn my pump off today. It is leaking near the metal ring and it was too hot with a louder than Usual noise. My repair guy is swamped cuz of all the rain,but they will let me know when he can come out. The last reading was the most recent. And I did sit down and took my time to...

This morning Fc 8.5 Cc 0 Ph about 8.4 Have not added chlorine. - - - Updated - - - Cya still 50 so far

I agree. I was having my pool store double check my numbers. I would say it was 50 they would say 35. My cc would be zero they would say -1.2. I dont understand how it would be a negative number. My fc would say 7, theres would say 2. And they say I shouldnt let my fc be higher than 3! And...

I believe it takes about 6-8 hours for the chlorine to mix.. so if I test before that time I wont get a true reading yet. Thats the only thing that makes since to me. Rereadi g wont help me at this point. I have reread it many times and taken notes. So either I dont understand, or it takes...

Ahhh. Ok.. yes when its not rainin its about 97. They say it will get over 100 and ill have to use a fountain to keep the water cooler. I bought a polaris fountain for this. Which we know will higher my ph.. im going to master this pool. Im determined.

It usually takes a good 30-60 seconds, and i rinse for 30. I don't like to go longer than that because It takes hours to fill up an inch or two. usually about 4. and my well water is really high alkalinity so every time i fill, it's another trip to the store for muriatic acid. ok my newest...

my hardness is high, barely with in level but there is nothing i can do about that, i have well water. and my ta is always high if my ph is high so i only test that after i have my ph right. my well water is also high alkalinity. it's just a waste of chemicals other wise. since november i have...

Help - - - Updated - - - I do t think you understand I do have a serious exchange of water. Weekly It rains and cleaning the filter weekly - - - Updated - - - Everytime it rains I have to drain the pool. Loss of cya. Also my filter is a sand filter so usually have to backwash it weekly...

Cya about 30 Fc 7 Cc .5 Ph 7.9 Ta not tested And its about to rain. Frustrating to see cc, usually its zero. I super slammed for 2 weeks. My cya was less than 50 and I maintained a fc of atleast 20 but closer to 30. I did that until I had only dropped .5 ppm fc overnight with a zero cc. Two...

really? Ok well cya is less than 30 ph is over 8 fc is 9.5 cc zero didn't test TA but it rained a lot today and i know it takes a few hours to cycle the water thru. over 8. so i will retest in the morning because I added some cya, the rest that i had, and i added some muriatic acid. tomorrow...

oh i use the taylors fas/dpd kit. - - - Updated - - - where i live they really make fun of me for not using this yellow gone, it contains bromine so i havn't used it. but they told me the previous owner used it with a lot of success. then i read once you start using bromine chemicals, you...

i was trying to maintain cya at 50. this is almost impossible it seems. I have to slam a lot too. and slamming is expensive. $45 just in chlorine. so i get three weeks of swimming with good numbers and easy adjustments. and then i have cloudy water so i slam, and that takes two weeks. and...

just wanted to update... my poor dad, is still slamming the pool daily. It is still dropping 5 ppm overnight. I'm wondering if he should raise his chlorine up higher than what he is doing. i noticed if you dig a little their is a mustard algae slam recommendation, although he says his was...

thanks... more progress has been made just keeping the chlorine up, aka slamming. he can see the bottom of the pool. only had 3 cc chlorine this morning... thanks guys. i feel hope lol

i'm not sure something 60...... is that bad? I'm glad he stopped adding misc chemicals and got on board with me on just chlorine. he has dumped over 20 gallons of chlorine in this pool! i started to wonder if the powdered shock and liquid chlorine mixed was a problem.. i think it's getting...

my bad, that cya level was last years... right now it's under 35... sorry for the confusion. he is continuing the slamming... but the bubbles and foaming is still happening. he does have a much lower cc reading now. i think it's 2, and his fc is 20, checking and adding bleach hourly. at...

He did add algaecide the recommended amount for his pool. But not butt loads. He is getting his chlorine from ollies. It's labeled as shock. He didn't know about this method used here untill after he added some algacide

cya under 30 fc 2 cc over 20 ta 100 above ground pool 10,000 gallons i'm trying to help my dad. everytime he ads liquid bleach, unscented and not splashless, the pool foams like a kids bubble bath. he can not get cc up and is dumping gallons of bleach in the pool. has been adding bleach 3x...

thanks for all the feedback! i have my TA down to 120 and my ph down to 7.3 i guess i need to look into aeration. i have one jet pointing up but it is just making waves. I'm thinking of getting a little $25 cascade fountain. Maybe that will help aeration, and possibly keep the tempature down...