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Day 3 - Took a brisk evening dip..... CYA-60ish (added about 1000 gallons fresh water) FC - 6 (added 35oz of 10% bleach this morning) CC- ~.2 PH - 7.5 TA - 80 I did make a rookie mistake and didn't switch from recirc to filter after I added all my chems….started the filter up this morning...

Here is mine. Filled with pool sand in the openings as per the manufacturer. No issues....

Take readings with a good kit, not test strips: CYA- PH- TA- FC- CC- Brush/scoop out any solid debris. Clean your pump and filter. Start your pump and filter. Use the pool calculator (https://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html) to determine how much chlorine, baking soda, soda ash and...

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Thanks! I did do the addition myself, and no; it’s hemp colored deck paint from Lowe’s. I’ll add a more recent photo (today), as I had to apply a child restriction device (gate).

So I just got home and here’s the evening read: CYA-60 FC - 8 PH - 7.5 TA - 80 pretty happy at this point! all other readings are right on the mark. so I should be in maintenance mode now right?

I am a tried and true victim of this. I recently "bombed" my pool, causing my CYA to rise to 125; which is unrecoverable. The pool store wanted to sell me 215.00 worth of product to try and lower my CYA, which also included a 50% drop in waterline and refill. Then, based on readings prior to...

Plenty of sun....? I think I even get sun at night.... Now that I have a good test set I think I can stay away from the store and their overly abusive comments (they even referenced this site). The "Pool Freak" at the pool store told me I was placing my family at risk by using "common household...

Long time lurker and fairly new pool owner. Finally ditched the test strips and got the Taylor 2006 test set after having a horrible opening this year.... Here is where I was on test strips: CYA-125 FC - ~ TC - ~ PH - 6.8 TA - 30 After a 60% water change I am now showing: CYA-60 FC - ~ (added...