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I clicked on the link from John's post to Chem Geek's Bleach Calc, and it downloaded, but when I try to open the .exe, I get a box that comes up saying "Unexpected error." Did I do something wrong? I would like to determine how much liquid chlorine 12.5% to put in my pool each night to...

Thanks Richard. I'm having a hard time understanding the impact of the high TA as to my pH. Does it mean that "because" I have a higher TA I will constantly be adding MA several times a week or once a week to maintain a good pH? Before the hot sun and high 90 - 95 degree days, I was maintaining...

I re-checked everything today, and here are my stats: FC 2.5 I added more bleach to get me back up to about 4.5 to 5 CC .5 TC 3.0 pH 7.6 CYA 20 If I looked real hard, I could very faintly still see the black dot... so guessing here, and today I added the rest of a bottle of stabilizer...

On 6/2/11 I added 3 lbs 6 oz in a sock to the skimmer, per pool calc recommendations.

Thanks Butterfly. It has 96% cyanuric acid 4% other. I asked back a week ago when I was buying it if that was ok and consensus was yes. I will check my CYA level again today with the other tests to see if that was right. I put in 27 oz of MA and about 128 oz of bleach in last evening around...

Re: Suggested chemical levels I did post the CYA, but in the text. "I had to put in stabilizer a week ago Thursday, because it was at 0, and now after testing today, it appears that it is back down to about maybe 5, possibly 0 as I can still barely see the black dot after pouring all the liquid...

Yeah well, so much for perfect pH! My pool is not digging the 90+ degree temps and hot sun all day as much as we are, lol. I had to put in stabilizer a week ago Thursday, because it was at 0, and now after testing today, it appears that it is back down to about maybe 5, possibly 0 as I can still...

Hubby and I belong to a local jeep club, and go out on cruises, parades and trailing outings with them. We have taken out one of the stock YJ's once and did some damage to my baby, almost made me cry. So got another YJ cheap, and are modifying that one :) Took the top off the TJ today, and went...

Sweet!!!! I am such a chem geek too (sorry chemgeek, I know that is your screen name), but I find it cool to measure the stats and as charged, I am sooo guilty of having sparklypoolitis, lol. Thanks everyone! Awesome Butterfly!!!!! My daily driver is a 2000 TJ Wrangler, hard top, toys by troy...

I knew it!!! Thanks for confirming. So based on my stats, is a pH of 7.5 in a suggested goal range of 7.5 to 7.8 ok to maintain then?

I'm curious just how important or bad it is for my pool to have a higher T/A, as it has been stubborn in coming down. All the other numbers look great! Tried to get TA down a bit further, so around noon or so I put 16 oz of MA in, waited 1/2 an hour, and put 96 oz of bleach in cuz I was...

I put in about 96 oz of 6% bleach, and will let it circulate for half an hour before anyone gets in... Then I will begin checking and adding as necessary every evening after the sun begins to go down. Thanks everyone for your help so far. I'm feeling way more confident about this method, and am...

Thanks! So since it is going to be very sunny and hot today, should I assume the far end of the goal for a target of 6 and put in the whole 98 oz (was just gonna use a 96 oz bottle)? Or use less to get or keep it somewhere in the happy middle of the 2 to 6 range? It was 2.5 at almost 9 am this...

Also, don't know new CYA level yet, just added the stabilizer yesterday and need to wait a week to re-test. As of this morning it was all used up out of the sock though..., so on the pool calc, if I assume CYA of 30, the my goal for FC is 2 to 6, but if I keep CYA at 0, then my goal for FC is 1...

Thanks Butterfly! I changed my target to 6, and with my morning FC of 2.5, it says to add 98 oz. So one 96 oz jug would do, right? I need to wait another 20 mins since I put in the MA, then how long do we have to wait after adding the bleach before using the pool? It's hot today!!!

Hadn't heard anything from anyone yet, so went ahead and added 16 oz of MA. Going to wait about 30 minutes and add some bleach: anywhere from 14 to 28 oz to raise my FC a bit. Right now its at 2.5, but because of other stats, my new goal per pool calc is 2 to 6, and it says 14 oz will raise FC...

Please read prior post and advise if you can... Thanks!

Ok, went out to check the CYA sock in the skimmer, and it appears to have been all used up and the sock is somewhat brown?? With my water being clear now, I wouldn't have thought there would be any more metals in the water, but I think it collected some of it anyway... Cool Beans!!! Here are my...

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Done, added the 42 oz of MA slowly in front of the return jet, waiting 30 mins to add the bleach... Per Butterfly (thank you!), I changed pool calc target to 30, and added @3 lbs 6 oz of CYA to a sock, tied it off and dropped in skimmer. Hard to tell pouring out of the 4 lb bottle, just left...

Ok, Bama per your recommendations, I added 24 oz of MA at 11, checked again at 12 when I got home from Walmart after getting the stabilizer. It was down from 8.2 to about 7.8, and the rest of the #'s were: pH 7.8 FC 2.5 CC .5 was just a teeny tinge of pink, and one drop made it go back to...

I believe it said 96% cyanuric acid, 4% other, would that work?? Also, I think I need to do the T/A test again, as it only looked pinkish with that 12th to 14th drop. Is all the liquid supposed to turn red for a final result on that?

Robbie, thanks. I have it set to TFP, bleach and vinyl at the bottom of pool calculator. If the pool store said I had CYA of 50 back on 5/28, what happened to it?? Would the stabilizer I have seen at Menards be ok to use?

Ok, as per Dave's (duraleigh) suggestion before I got my test kit to be safe, I have been adding 96 oz of 6% bleach every night after the sun goes down. Got my test kit, and after playing science lab this morning, and hoping I did ok for the first testing, here are my results for your...

I checked our local Deals store and Big Lots today. Found a bargain brand at Deals for 1.00 per 96 oz bottle of ultra bleach, but nowhere on the label did it have percentages. So I stayed away from it, and bought 96 oz bottles of White Cloud premium bleach that said 6% for 1.50 a bottle. Is that...

Ok, I received my TF 100 test kit today. I put in 96 oz of bleach again tonight after the daughter and her friend got out of the pool. It was dark, and was very sunny today, so figured I would just do as I have been doing since Sunday per advice from Dave earlier. When is the best time to test...

Here is a pic of my sparkly pool. I am guilty of having sparklypoolitis OCD!!!! And I am NOT apologizing, lol! Once we get the deck done, I will post more pics of all of it, including the patio and landscaping :mrgreen:

Thanks everyone! I also have a 24 yr old son, who is off on his own. He blessed me with a 2 yr old grandson also (what a sweetie babe!) Oh I don't think I'll be celebrating Sarah leaving home... More like I'll feel like I'm missing my left arm when she leaves. I'll be a basket case I'm sure...

I've been on here for about a week now, and thought I would properly introduce myself :-D My name is Shell, husband is Ken and I have a 14 yr old daughter, Sarah. Back in 2007, I had an 18 ft easy set pool, and did pretty well with it, except when the air ring on top kept losing air, I think...