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Those are current test results before MA was added. pH is now 7.4 and all others pretty much the same. We use liquid chlorine with no other additives besides MA to control pH and baking soda to increase TA from 40 to 60. We don’t go to the pool store for anything. Thanks.

South of Dallas by about 30 minutes. This plaster is barely 1 year old and the pool is barely 2 years old. I had a bad CH issue with the first plaster (when pool was new) where it got into the 500’s relatively quickly and stayed there until the new plaster was done.

We live in north Texas. The pool sits in about 1’ black clay then about 2’ of sand then the bottom is celiche. When they were digging the pool it appeared the whole lot was raised by the home builder back years ago using sand. They’ve already drained and filled it once when they replaced the...

Tested the fill water and it’s 140ppm.

When I do drain it, what’s a good method for getting the scale off the walls without doing an acid wash? I’ve called all the local pool companies and none are taking on new jobs right now as they’re all booked up doing repairs from our bad winter storm and existing customers.

FC 6.5 CC 0 pH 8.2 TA 60 CH 1280 CYA <30 CH is way high so my only option is to drain 85% of the water (according to PoolMath)? With CH being so high and CC being zero, it’s safe to say its Wife blindly puts in chlorine and MA so those numbers are off. Thanks.

This sounds like it may be my issue. I have a constant onslaught of brown dirt blowing in the pool. “Brown cloudy stains are often caused by calcium carbonate capturing either dirt, metals or copper as it forms its crystalline lattice structure. Calcium can appear in the form of a thin calcium...

Unfortunately that page has no pics so doesn’t help me but thanks anyways! Nothing has copper that has been in or pertains to the pool. The grit is all gone. I never drained it and never figured out what it was but it’s all gone on it’s own. I can scrub a small area pretty hard quite a bit and...

It definitely stays on, even using a stainless steel brush. I’ve brushed it dozens of times and it won’t budge. I forgot to add the pH got really high for quite a while during and after our big freeze we had this year.

All readings are good but CH is on the higher side but not ridiculous. CC is 0. Can I have algae and have a CC of zero?

Then I have this white buildup on the waterfall rocks. Some of it appears to be calcium buildup but some is glossy, almost sponge-like in appearance, but very firm and unable to be easily scraped off. Is this calcium?

Does this look like yellow mustard algae or calcium scaling? It’s on the walls and some on the bottom.

I’m in Ellis County but am on RSUD water. Thanks for that info anyways!

I got busy and didn’t get a chance to check my home H20 CH and TA last night. I’m on a 24hr shift so won’t be able to until tomorrow. I’ll post back my findings. Thanks.

I can not. Sorry. I didn’t want a pool but my wife insisted on getting one. I gave in under the premise that she’d do the chemicals and whatnot. I took care of it until it was replastered. Started it up for her after the replaster and had it 100% dialed in before I turned it over to her a few...

No. Liquid chlorine 10%.

Is it normal to have high calcium after getting replastered? Is so, how long does that last? The pool is 2 years old. They had to replaster after the first year because of a crack in the plaster. So we’ve had it plastered 2 times in 2 years. I’ll test out home water.

FC 0 CC 0 Ph TA 40 CH 900 CYA <30 CSI .49 These numbers are awful! With CH that high looks like I’ll have to drain? Plaster was replaced about 8 months ago. Where do I start to get this back in order? Thanks!

I’ll have to test later today as I have no time now. I’ll post back after I do.

My wife has been taking care of the pool and not so good, I might add. I pulled out the robot to clean the filters and checked the basket strainers. There’s a grit substance all over the robot and all over the strainers. You can’t see it but can definitely feel it. Feels like a super fine sand...

It does not but I plan on adding some!

No, it’s not enough. Get as many as you can afford! I have a large LED and an LED in a bubbler on the tanning ledge. I wish i has at least 2 more and my pool is much smaller than yours.