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Got everything balanced yesterday and vacuumed ect did another overnight test to see and did go from 8.5 to 7.5 FC, CC is still .5 and cya is now at 75-80. Think we are still good?

Okay I believe we passed the Overnight test. Cya was at 60, FC 9.5 at dark, tested at first light and FC was at a 9. So would you skip slamming and just get water back in balance and skim/clean the pool of debris? Thanks

Hello, we had our pump stop working 2.5 weeks ago and have been going through the warranty process to have it replaced. To prevent algae I’ve been basically adding a gallon or more of chlorine to the water every other day and skimming/brushing it. That being said it’s been sitting with the pump...

Thank you. Did an overnight test and my chlorine was a 4ppm last night and still at 4ppm this morning. My CC is now 0 and no longer at .5 so I think we are good? I may raise the chlorine level to a 10 tonight like you mentioned and run pump all night to be sure.

Hello! We are almost a full year into pool ownership and so far following TFP methods has kept our pool clear and easy to maintain. This week we had a flow switch go out on the salt cell causing it to stop producing for a couple days before we realized it, we also had some rain. So today my test...

Looks good and clear to me!

We just converted to swg this past week and the chlorine level had been high and climbing each day as we get the shoutout adjusted. Decided to do an overnight test and we went from FC 10 to an 8 overnight. (I did take the morning sample after sunrise but there was no direct light in the pool...

Also current CYA is 70

We started the SWG Sunday at 70% to get going. FC was at a 4 when we started it up. Yesterday FC was at a 6.5 so I dialed back the output to 60%. Today we are at a 7.5 so SWG is def working but I’m not sure if I need to dial it back more? What’s the best way to figure out % output and hours to...

Thanks. Added added conditioner today to brink yo cya. Tested salt again and sitting at 2600 ppm so using pool math app I’m adding another two bags to hit target if 3200? I thought I read some higher at first though so should I add 3 bags? Last question FC is at a 3 today. Not turning on SWG...

I believe I have read through all the articles pertaining to this and feel like I know what I’m doing but can’t hurt to ask the experts right?? I did a salt test today and it is 1,000 ppm before adding any salt. Based on this Hayward chart for a 15k gallon pool the recommendation is 293 lbs...

Yes I have that kit. I’ll test for salt in the morning before we add. Is there a formula to figure out how many bags of salt somewhere? I’m using the pool math app but I don’t see that option.

Also this pool guy said to get 10 40lb bags of salt so we were going to add them all is there more precise way to figure?

I have never tested salt as we have been using liquid chlorine til now. Have not added any salt yet, are you saying test before figuring out amount.

Good to know! Pretty sure the pool guy that our builder sends over to turn on all the equipment was going to add salt and crank it on tomorrow. We will add salt brush and hold him off for a day.

We are finally past our 30 day mark on the new plaster and they are turning on our SWG and adding salt tomorrow. I have been testing with the TF-100 pro kit and keeping our levels based on liquid chlorine and I noticed that the salt water ideal levels are pretty different. So my question is...

Seems like maybe my cya is to low as well?

I have downloaded the pool math app but have not input all my info since right now we are operating as a liquid chlorine pool. We can’t turn the salt system on for another week because of the new plaster. So I know I’m going to have to relearn everything then lol but I wanted to make sure we...

Okay, my TF-100 test kit came today and I did all the tests on the directions and here’s what I got. Free chlorine 2.5 ppm Combined .5 Total chlorine 3ppm PH 7.6/7.7 CYA 30 Calcium hardness 500 Total Alkalinity 130 So what is the next step in figuring out exactly where I want my chlorine...

Ok makes sense. So we will run pump and swim and add chlorine tomorrow as usual. It wasn’t even an inch of rain...

I have been working on my getting my chlorine levels up, this morning added a gallon of chlorine and Acid. We had a quick rainfall about an hour ago but it passed quickly. The kids want to swim, is that generally ok or do I need to test or do anything or can I just add more chlorine tomorrow...

I think I’m also confused as to whether I actively shocked it or needed to? If the chlorine both free and total level was at a .6 this morning does it need to be “shocked” I’m still learning what that even means but I added a full gallon of chlorine to raise the total level but I think I would...

Okay thanks everyone. Ordered the good kit! Added the full gallon of chlorine about 5 hours ago and just retested. Ph is fine (for now) at 7.8 but chlorine was only at a 3 I was shooting for and expecting a 6 with the amount I added. Should I add more or wait and test again in the morning? Maybe...

Oh ok! Make sense. Last question. I’ll go with the tf-100 but I noticed they had a lot for salt pools. Since we are converting next week to salt would I need that one instead or just stay with the original. Thanks!

Taylor Complete Pool Water Test Kit + Magnetic Stirrer Speedstir Start Up Kit Amazon.com : Taylor Complete Pool Water Test Kit + Magnetic Stirrer Speedstir Start Up Kit : Patio, Lawn & Garden Just confirming this is the kit? This one has the speedster and I can get it asap

Okay will do! Thank you so much. We are almost at our 30 day mark. Then we convert to salt so I’m sure I will have more questions but for Now will focus on raising chlorine and add the calcium plus to raise that as well. Thanks again!!!

Ok thank you so much j will order that kit for sure. So based on my pool math I’m trying to raise my Chlorine from .6 to around 7ppm, I would need to add about 100oz of liquid. Would you just add the whole jug (128 Oz) at this point or can I overdo it? Also how can I know if algae is a problem...