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Unfortunately, not much rain here. But, will keep in mind the next time there is a storm.

Thanks for that info. I will check both HD and lowes.

Thanks Bperry. Good to know

Thanks Chris. I will bring TA down and see how things pan out. Unfortunately, changing plumbing is not an option at this time.

Thanks Texas splash. I thought ideal TA is between 100-120. I trust the recommendations, and I will keep the ph at 7.2 till TA comes down to 50-60. Haha, always hoping for rainfall here in SD.

Salt and borates became active for logging Should I consider adding boric acid? I do have 50lbs sitting in my garage.

Turned on CSI. it is at 0.65.

I will check home Depot for muriatic acid. Though the home has water softener, I do not think the water going to pool is softened. If adding softened water is not an option, what could be an alternative?

Hi Mdragger88, Should I not be concerned about the high calcium hardness? What is recommended for that?

Hi all, Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their pool this summer. Update on my pool. The pool, I think, is doing well. I have not had any issues with algae growth. Now, I am learning to control the other parameters. I have been testing water regularly and I notice few parameters...

Thanks Chris. Appreciate all your help. Cheers

Indeed. My kids are already enjoying the pool.

Update. Pool is algae free so far. I am trying to maintain FC between 9 and 11. Thanks for all the guidance. The MX6 with the scrubber turbine is working great. The only issue is the hose gets stuck around the vertical zodiac leaf canister, and has to be manually untangled. I have to figure...

Got it. Thanks IceShadow.

If I maintain at 11 ppm FC, how do I check for ph? My understanding is ph reading isnot accurate above 10 ppm FC.

Thank you

Should I have shocked at yellow mustard level? At 50 cya - suggested Mustard algae shock is around 35 ppm. I took it up to 24 ppm only. I am planning to maintain around 11 ppm, much higher than the min for mustard algae.

Hi Chris. Thanks for the reply. I will keep FC at 11. Should it be kept at that level for couple of months? I also purchased a zodiac mx6 and will install the turbine with the scrubber. I hope that will also help prevent algae bloom. Thanks, Avi

Hi all, I have successful completed slam. Just wondering, in your guys opinion, what FC level should be maintained. Previously, I was maintaining FC between 7 and 9 for cya of 60. Still algae came back. Now, the cya is closer to 50. Maybe I should keep FC around 11. But if cya is at 50...

Hi Chris, It could be a testing issue. I just finished The R-0871 that came with the tf100. I did another test with a new Taylor 0871. The difference was about 2ppm lower FC with the Taylor. I also noticed the water after testing with the Taylor reagent was clearer. With the original one...

Checked the area of high flow between the return ports and the area of least flow (shaded area with the highest growth of algae). The FC levels were same at 20.5ppm.

Interesting. I did not consider that to be a possibility. I will check FC at couple different locations.

Started logging and accepted permission to view logs.

Got it. Thanks. I will look into them in more detail.

Hmm. Replastering sounds expensive. I will look into it. It maybe sometime before I can do it

Nice. Do they come in a standard size? Or, Do I need to measure the diameter? How do they stay on? Since they cannot be screwed in.

Not stains. That is how the plaster is. I figured, it was due to aging. No purple hue.

Heaviest blooms in that shaded area, under the canopy.

Not sure what that means. I will up load some pics.