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So it doesn't matter that we have only one return and it's directly below the skimmer/intake? Just want to make sure it doesn't end up going through the filter if that's not recommended. Thank you for your help! :)

Thank you so much for walking me through the correct way to perform the TA test! I appreciate it. And thanks too for the pH reading. :)

Here is a photo of what today's pH looks like. When I enter it into pool math, would you say 8.0 or 8.2? As for TA, I redid the TA test. It's the test I was confused about with changing the water in the cylinder from green to red. I mistakenly referred to that as the pH test earlier in my...

EDIT: Meant to say TA test is the one I was thinking I tested incorrectly not the pH. That was the test I kept adding drops to until I got a red color overall in the cylinder.

Just re read this, I think since I'm new to the testing world that I messed up the CC test. The test went clear and then changed back to pink, so I remember adding more drops to get it to go clear again.

The pool is always uncovered and pretty much gets full sun. I hit superchlorinate on my Hayward Salt & Swim every Monday night after backwashing. No, we haven't dumped any shock in except for the pool company when they opened the pool in the end of April. We are a family of 4, the kids are...

Thank you! Good to know about salt, I was under the impression we needed salt weekly. I'll buy the salt testing kit. Thank you! As for the pH test, do you mean the water in the entire cylinder needs to change to red or just the drop that's being dropped in? I just want to make sure I'm doing the...

We had our inground 16 x 32 22,000 gallon, saltwater vinyl liner pool installed last fall. I was getting tired of driving back and forth to the pool store for test results (30 min one way). I bought the TF-100 test kit per the recommendations of this site. I just completed the weekly test, here...