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Hi everyone. Welcome back to the season. When the snow melted in my pool it revealed large chunks of concrete have fallen off around my skimmer and i have numerous cracks. I can only assume i had cracks and water got in and froze causing the concrete to break off. After days of researching on...

I'm sure you aren't the first nor the last to do that.

I've read some conflicting info, as is always the case with "world wide web of opinions". All my chemistry is in good range and nicely balanced, but I got busy and let my chlorine drop to zero. The water started to get cloudy so i immediately put it to 5ppm and within 1 hour i was clear again...

That makes more sense; If it's only 1%. Because if you read about the chemical it's highly toxic to the point where if you accidentally touch it you are taken to the hospital. Obviously that isn't the case for the stuff we are using. Like most things i guess concentration means allot. I'm sure...

Well, i would not guess. I would test until I got it right.. it would just be a slow process of slowing adding more and more chlorine as I wouldn't know how many gallons of water I was dealing with. I typically don't touch the water when it's 10ppm. Although I read some people have accidentally...

With a flick of the wrist I emptied my used chlorine test reagents in the pool. So, I google DPD (N,N-Diethylparaphenylenediamine) and it's not pretty stuff. Anyone have info on how bad this is. Do I need to completely empty the pool?

Last pool owner and the company who closed my pool last year said drain it quite low. In spring I understood why as it nearly flooded my yard with all the rain we get. So I'm shocking the water right now to 10ppm only to pump that water out and dump it down the street? I'm not very comfortable...

Ok. great. That makes me feel better. And yes, I noticed the pucks are kinda useless except to maintain levels.

Hi, I had a few extra pucks and I decided to put on in a floater to add some CYA and get my chloine up a bit last night. Then this morning, i saw that didn't raise my chlorine at all so I pulled it out and added liquid. Should I not be mixing like this. I know mixing them together in a bucket...

Wow.. ok.

I did the test twice because I found it hard to believe my water could be so off. I''m reading 40 ppm and min target is 250 ppm Pool math is asking me to add 23 lbs!!! That is alot. They sell it in 8lbs buckets. That's like 3 buckets!! Something must be wrong. My pool is mostly tap water and...

I mean pucks are just difficult to tell how much chlorine you are adding. and if they are stabilized they have cya in them, it will raise your cya slowly. I have some pucks i'm going to use after i slam. If they aren't stablized, i say use them and just keep an eye on your free chlorine. I...

Yes, I'm pulling up old thread because it's got lots of info in it. I'm having a really hard time with this test. my dot is not even close to disappearing and my CYA should be at 30. Are you suppose to look directly from the top (as in not thought any plastic? there is a plastic from view port...

Just wanted to warn anyone who has their pump down lower than pool water. If you PVC glue the pipes, then fill the pool to test it. When you open the valve, make sure your head is not over top the pump watching the pump basket fill with water or you will get a large dose of glue fumes in the...

I just got the K2006C yesterday. And was frustrated because the guide didn't tell me how to test. I kept looking for the step by step and eventual just read it cover to cover. nada, the instructions are on the under side of the kit lid!! I saw it there but didn't read it. I guess my unconscious...

Awesome.. I'm so very glad for this community. :kim:

Priceless... :D - - - Updated - - - Maybe my pool store here is just really good. They seem to be on the same page, so I didn't much understand the difference.. but yeah, if you all have pool stores who don't know what bleach contains and tell you not to bother testing your water.. well. that...

I'm starting to get a handle on the chemicals. I'm not seeing any difference between the TFP method and other methods. Aside from not shocking the pool every week. What's the difference?

Freaky

The instructions also say to wait 24h before adding bleach. Is this also wrong? :( I just read there is such a thing as liquid stablizer.:( Why do i read everything moments too late????

Then why the heck does the instructions on the package say to put it in the skimmer!!! argghh.. Thanks again pool buddies.

This is my first time owning a pool and first season trying to open it. The package of stabilizer said put in skimmer, so i did. There are cystals now kinda sitting clogging skimmer basket and some got into my pool pump and are starting to clog up that basket. What do i do??

Yes it's new pool to me, but during the pumping fixes, i've pretty much done an entire water change. I have no idea why the water burnt me. I'm in no mood to try it again on my skin. perhaps it was just choline one top of the water right after i poured it in, going into the pump. It was there...

I'm getting there. First time learning.. FC 0 CC ?? ph 7 TA 20ppm CH 40ppm CYA 0 Pool was clear until it rained yesterday. This morning it was green, now it's a turquisey. I believe you are correct Lynx the FC got gone as some moskito larve are still alive. :( The last owner left some old...

PVC piped worked. Got water out. mixed 1 dripper didn't turn pink, added another. the lightest shade of maybe i saw pink. I know there is chlorine in there. I was a few hours ago but I can still smell it. Did I miss something about the test. I filled the container to 10 mls like it said. The...

Yes the water burns. That's why I wanted to wait to test. Trying to figure out how to test without getting it on me. My pool size is a mystery still. i was guessing 15k but now that the choline had such an effect i'm thinking maybe it's smaller.

Cool. each jub is 5L of 10% my pool size is very estimated. I thought i did ok, but the water actually burns soooo.... that's not good. i'm afraid to put my hand in to get test water. The water is green, i was trying to kill the billions of lavee hatched last night. I'm sure i was successful...