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30,000 gallon pool. When I closed my pool last year I was at 30 CYA. When I opened it this year, the tube was clear. I use the Taylor test kit. My PH is 7.4 to 7.6 and thanks to this site I've figured out how to use the borax to keep the PH where I need it. I slammed the pool when I opened...

Bottom line is I ended up with a CYA over 100, PH over 8 and FC at about 17.5. I drained about half the pool yesterday and after about 30 hours with a garden hose, got the pool back to the right level. Here are my current numbers: CYA: between 40-50 (still a little high so I'll be draining...

My pool was "opened" by the pool place this past Friday. It's still green. I ordered and got my K-2006 test kit today. Here are my numbers FC=0 TA=40 CH=70 CYA=30 PH=7.3 Based on the pool math, I need to add just shy of 8 gallons of chlorine since my pool is roughly 40,000 gallons. Based on...

I bought a house this past winter in upstate NY. The pool was already closed and I wouldn't know what I was looking for even if it was open. The previous owner always had the same compaly come out and open and close it. We had the same company open it this past Friday, more because I had no...