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    Salt Water Pool - T100 Kit Yielding 1000ppm Calcium and 40 CYA

    will do. - - - Updated - - - Ya, I'll do the full battery of tests tonite including the CH test again. I did use the 10ml sample. I was careful to make sure I hit the 10ml line and not over, not under.
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    Salt Water Pool - T100 Kit Yielding 1000ppm Calcium and 40 CYA

    Only did the one test last night. I haven't shared my results with my pool guy yet. I'll be curious to see what he's been getting. Assuming my two little kiddos give me a few minutes by myself tonite I'll do another test when I get home. I can then also do one with the water that comes off...
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    Salt Water Pool - T100 Kit Yielding 1000ppm Calcium and 40 CYA

    Thanks. Being a novice with the pool test kit I'd only checked the CH and CYA. I'll check the ph tonite and see what reading I get there. Now its seeming more likely that the advice I'd previously rec'd to add add'l acid and flocculant were directed at keeping the ph lower to reduce scaling...
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    Salt Water Pool - T100 Kit Yielding 1000ppm Calcium and 40 CYA

    That's good to know. Another forum I had been checking out initially suggested both fixes, however at that time i hadn't posted my Calcium reading. I'd just noted that my SWG needed two cleanings this summer and the calcium was 'high'. I haven't tested it myself however. No idea how it got...
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    Salt Water Pool - T100 Kit Yielding 1000ppm Calcium and 40 CYA

    Good Morning - I have a salt water pool in its 2nd season. It was opened last June with a white plaster finish. My pool guy has had to de-scale my salt cell twice in the past 2 months. He has commented that my calcium has been very high but has commented that its unusual that with that...
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    Hello from Los Angeles - Mdway Thru A New Pool Build

    Hello! I'm Derek. Bought a new house in Los Angeles this past year and am mid-way through my pool build. Had a pool at my previous house and the wife and toddler loved it. So... Here are some pics at the halfway point thru my pool build. It's a 14x28 with a 7x7 raised spa. Saltwater...