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Hello, I've been slamming my pool for a 5 days and still not to the end. I live in Texas where rain is all or nothing; right now it's "all". It's been raining the last two days and there's a high percent of continued rain this whole week. Should I continue the slam or would it be better to...

The instructions for Alkalinity Test, paragraph #3 says to add R-0009 until the color changes to red. Should it be really "RED" or will it be more pink? It seems I can never get it to be true red; always more pink.

Question, does your meter have a screw on it?

My PH meter arrived today and my friend and I were just laughing about this!

Did you ever get an answer to your question?

Our fiberglass pool has a leak. We've done the bucket test and the dye test twice (we are amateurs). We suspect the light (that's where the water stops draining) but the dye isn't being sucked into it. We are losing 5 inches in 8 hours! There is NO wet ground around the pool?? We've broken...

Your link took me to the "store", which reel did you like?

One year we used solar shade we bought from Home Depot. It virtually stopped the evaporation and kept the pool cool, even in August in south Texas. Our problem was keeping it from dropping into the pool...we where trying to have it "hover" over it. We not sure what chemicals are used to...

Thank you for the pictures, that was very helpful. Mine is in the skimmer (I had nothing to tie too) but I'm worried about it. I will use your suggestions! QUOTE=Richard320;964619]Depending on the brand, the stabilizer should all be dissolved anywhere between a day and a week. You can either...

Texas Splash, How right you are about the temp!. I'm in Boerne, outside of San Antonio - - - Updated - - -

What is the best way to raise CYA? I've got stabilizer in a sock but how long should I leave it in there? I don't think I have any CYA.

Thanks to everyone for their input. I'm sorry for confusing you; need to work on my pool lingo…. I know just enough to be confusing. Hopefully this will help clarify. Whenever, I test the pool hourly and the chlorine level is under 20, I add enough chlorine to bring it back up to 20, ...

Hello, I feel like I must be doing something wrong:( I have added bottles and bottles and more bottles of bleach to my pool and still can't get the overnight test to drop by just 1. Broke down and also bought some pool shock. My pool had a little algae in two corners and I had what looked...

Thank you Divin Dave!

Moderator comment - Moved from here: CYA 152 Should I Add Optimize or Stablizer Hello, After fighting high CYA for a year, we finally had so much rain, the pool was practically refilled. Right after the rains my CYA was around 40. On this weeks test it appears I have no CYA. Using the black...

Guess I will pass on the Snake Oil, LOL! - - - Updated - - - Thank you JVTrain! - - - Updated - - - Texas Splash, yes you guessed it, I'm near San Antonio. I'm using the TF-100 kit.

Thank you Mod Squad Is there a recommended product to raise my CYA? I'm going to the pool store today and want to make sure I'm asking for the right item. This is the first time I've had LOW Cya issues.

Can someone tell me what a Super Concentrated Clarifier is used for or if it should be used? Is this the same as conditioner?? Finally, finally got my CYA down and now it's too low (20).

Thanks in advance. There is continued confusion in my head when trying to wrap my head around the whole CYA testing! To confuse myself further, I used a test strip because I just don't feel comfortable with my CYA testing abilities…did I see the dot? is it really there? I think I still see...

Jason, thank you for the information. I "thought" I had slammed it - We put in 6 gallons of liquid shock from the pool store and if I go to pool math, and put the goal for FC at "39" it recommends 5 gallons and 3 quarts of bleach. The test I'm using is the TF-100 and the K-1000. Do you suggest...

Hello, Originally we had a big algae bloom and the pool store had us put in 6 gallons of their liquid shock into the pool. It did get rid of the visible algae but every morning we have what I think is dead algae. We have a high CYA of approx 110? (can't measure it over 100 with my new kit)...

We keep ours in a deck box nearby the pool.

A few years ago we cut up some Sun Shade to cover our pool to prevent evaporation as we live in a severe drought area. It worked great and kept the pool from getting to be like warm bath water but it was a pain to use trying to keep it from laying in the pool. Has anyone purchased and/or used...

timerguy, Thank you so much for the quick reply! That was the answer I was afraid I would receive. The TF-100 has been ordered! A part of me fears what the results of that will be but I'm going to give TFP a try. Everyone seems very helpful:p Again, thank you.

Hello, We had some work done on our pool and had a major algae bloom. The algae appears to be gone now but we can't keep the chlorine in the pool. Our CYA level is between 150-180. Since we are in a drought we are not allowed to drain our pool. Is there another way to lower CYA? I'm...