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Pool is in Austin, TX and every year around this time my pool has frequent visitors of paper wasps. Yesterday I disposed of 5 nests from my soffits and I assume they're also nesting on all my neighbors houses. I also see them flying out of gutters so I assume they're in there too. Routinely...

Thanks for all the help! Greatly appreciated CH is at 370 after completing this test

Fair enough. I just retested the CYA myself and it's ~40 which puts me at ease. My TA is still quite high even though I added a lot of acid this morning. Current test results: FC: 0 Ph: 7.1 TA: 110 CYA: 45 Going to test CH now. Is it ok to start the slam with a TA that high?

Those results were from the last time I was at leslies which was 2 weeks ago. I tested the TA and PH this morning to get those in line before i started the SLAM process

Calcium numbers from last test was 288. Cya is 65 There was recently some rain so cya may be a little lower. I did manage to find a wholesale place on braker and burnet and got 16 gallons of 12.5% that I think will work. Am I naive to think 16 gallons is enough? I hope not lol.

So algae has taken hold in my pool and its fairly worse than its been before so I decided to fully commit to SLAM this time around. My question is. What do you do when there's a liquid chlorine shortage. Ive called leslies, local stores, home depot, walmart and there is an extremely limited...

I’m OP. I think someone else may have hijacked the thread :D I do not use a solar cover. My daily FC loss is around 2-3 I’d say. I’m assuming that’s normal for my area in central TX

Hello, New pool as of three months ago. Balancing and testing going fine. currently I’m adding approximately 32oz of 12.5% bleach a day and I’m curious if a higher CYA level is better for my location or if this is the expected amount of chlorine I should be adding to the pool. when do CYA...

Thanks for the info. What does an overnight chlorine test entail? I added chlorine late tonight (9pm). I suppose I test it again in the morning prior to the sun hitting it?

This may be a remedial question but this is my first FC pool. Old pool was SWG and I didn’t maintain myself. If you look at my testing logs here: PoolMath Logs it feels like I’m adding an excessive amount of chlorine to the pool every other day. Usually anywhere between 32-64 oz. even then...

Thats a good tip, to start I simply turned it off on 10pm to 8am because my original calculations were incorrect for flow rate and GPH. In actuality, the PB was turning over the pool 22 times per day :D

I'm trying to calculate how many times I'm turning over the pool and it feels like this schedule is extremely excessive. I think i can get away with 10% speed instead of 50% until 11pm and then off from 11pm to 8am? Pump: Hayward Tristar VS 950 Filter High (100% speed) • 9:00 am to 8:00 pm...

No. Thats just reflections. Its really difficult to see in photos. It almost like a pale brown-ish mottling of the plaster. Its very difficult to see in the photos.

Wife just brought home two bottles of this:Bleach Concentrated Regular 121oz - Up&Up™ Can't find ingredients listed anywhere along with concentration. Anyone have ideas about this? Concerned with adding it to the pool without knowing whats in it

I'm using the Taylor K2006 test kit. May latest test results as of yesterday (when i used the taylor kit fo the first time) My current levels: FC: 4 PH: 7.7 TA: 80 CH: 250 CYA: 50 TEMP: 76-80 CSI: -0.07 (as of this morning)

This pool is new. Only started up about 60 days ago. Not likely, we went in late in the day and the irritation is mainly on my legs now. Not sure

New pool was just finished ~ 2 months ago, Haven't brushed in two weeks or so and started again today because I thought the discoloration may be due to still having concrete/plaster dust present? You can see the odd color on the sun shelf, theres also spots in the shallow end and its hard to...

This morning I followed up with the CC drops for that test in the taylor k2006 and the water didnt turn the color it said if there was CC found, so I'm assuming there was no CC?

Will raising FC increase skin irritation or is skin irritation from ph?

Also, should I be raising the FC to 5-7 range? I see from the CYA/FC chart, that minimum is 4, my target should be 5-7?

Ah. thats interesting. Any recommendation on the amount of salt or type of salt?

So in having my first non-SWCG pool and fully balancing chemicals for the first time, I'm curious as to how I can reduce skin irritation. After swimming yesterday and two showers, my skin still feels irritated and maybe this is just expected. My current levels: FC: 4 PH: 7.7 TA: 80 CH: 250 CYA...

TA hit 100 before adding acid and currently its at 80

So I've been using strips for a spot check (and to determine CYA), and also doing a full test with a pentair kit they gave me for FC, PH & TA. I cant find a picture of the test strips online right now, but they test for four things (ph, FC, TA and CYA) I just ordered a taylor k-2006 today but...

Oh wow, thats interesting information. I'm glad I didn't take what the pool builder said for face value. He said (chuck four pucks in every other week, you might have to add bleach) I've been using concentrated bleach (8.25%) up to this point, is that sufficient for FC source if I stop using pucks?

Thanks! My pool is 12k gallons. New as of 2 months ago. Inground, gunite w/ plaster Here's my current log: PoolMath Logs

Hello, Just started using the pool math app to log additions of chemicals to the pool (bleach, muriatic acid) but I can't find how to add stabilier tablets to my inline chlorinator. I believe the tablets I'm using are 3" trichlor tablets. I'm adding two every other week in addition to bleach to...