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Is your water clear? You can swim up to shock level as long as your water is clear.

The wife and I usually get to Wallyworld after 11pm. Many times they don't restock it for a couple of days. I can only guess there are a lot of pool owners around here. :lol:

Hmmmmm. MSDS for regular bleach and the outdoor both show 5 - 10%. The outdoor shows to have several more ingredients than the regular. Think I'll stick with the Great Value stuff....

First saw this last night in Walmart. $2.98 for a 96 oz jug. I looked at the label, but never could see the concentration. The website was no help either. If it's % is higher than the regular 6%, I guess it would be easier than continually hunting the 182 oz jugs. Seems Walmart is almost always...

I'm not going to make the same mistake. I am picking up some of the liquid CYA from Leslie's to get some in there and then will add some of granulated to take me up to where I need to be.

Yep. They came from two different Walmarts, but that probably doesn't make any difference.

Well, looks like I got a bad two batches of CYA Here's the CYA standard that Dave sent to me using my original R-0013 And This is my pool sample. I guess I'll head to Leslie's to get some of the liquid stabilizer.

I guess it's a .gif cycling through my pictures

Thanks for that techguy. That is cool. Would have looked much cooler if all of my pics were taken from the same perspective and at the same time of day. :lol: I absolutely love this pool. I am so glad I took the time to get it up and running. While I'm working in the heat during the day, I so...

I went around scrubbing everything I could see that might have looked suspect. I guess it just took some time. Even though I don't want to, I think I'm going to have to disassemble the waterfall to get everything out of it. I'm going to test again tonight just to make sure it's right

Richard asked for it, so here it is....

WooHoo! Passed the OCLT this morning! :party: :whoot: :hammer: :thequeen: :cheers: :party: Haven't been really trying for the past few days. Just test in the morning before heading to work and bring it to shock. Well, I lost .5 FC, I have 0 CC and my water has been crystal clear for a...

The only faith i have in Leslie's results is the other tests they performed were in line with my results. It took everything in me to wait behind three others having their water tested. The amount of bs I heard them spitting out was astounding. Of course, all of their recommendations to those...

Ok. Leslie's is showing CYA to be 30. I don't know how he tested it, because he was holding kind of underneath the counter where I couldn't see. All of the other tests were pretty much in line with my results.

Ok, thanks. As much as I hate to, I'll head over to Leslie's. I've already thrown the containers away, so I don't think there's any refund coming from Wallyworld. :lol:

And, doesn't really mean anything, but I bought the cya from two different Walmarts.

Not sure on the %. As I said, the stabilizer I used both times was the HTH stuff from Walmart. The two times I added it was well over a week before I changed out the filters. Took my water sample from about 1 foot down on the deep end. Filled up to the bottom of the label. Added R-0013 to the...

Ok, did a search. I don't have an autofill, unless you count me automatically going to the tap to turn it on. :lol:

What is an autofill? I do have a Pentair inline chlorine feeder, but it is turned off.

How long does it take it to completely dissolve? I did change my filters out on the 4th, but it surely would have dissolved by then, wouldn't it?

It was the HTH stuff from Walmart. Dangled it in a sock in front of a return. One test I did about two weeks ago showed slight cloudiness, but none today. I let the sample sit for a couple of minutes before pouring it in the view tube.

Trying to figure out what's going on with my CYA. You can see my swamp transformation here. Numbers from today noon are as follows.... FC - 4.5 CC - 0 pH - 7.8 TA - 70 CH - 200 CYA - ? I have followed the directions both in the TF test kit and the extended directions posted here on the site...

I have new filters that came in yesterday. I didn't get home until 11:30 last night, so they did not get changed. I will get them in tonight.

Well, I lost 2. :rant:

Ahhhh! One from tonight. I shut the waterfall off. Wish me luck!

But won't that add whatever might be hiding in the waterfall?

The waterfall runs when the pump runs. I was wondering if I was going to have to pull it all apart. I have tried to get as many of the leaves out of there, but I'm sure there is more that I can't see.

Bah! I forgot about the lights. I'll try to get to them tonight when I get off work. The deep end might be a chore to do :lol: Will do on the photo splice, Richard. The wife can't believe how this has turned around so quickly. We had a couple of friends recommending we drain, clean and refill...

Day 8. Looking good. I've got two parts of the OCLT down. I'm still losing some FC overnight, but it is getting better. Lost 3 last night.

Day 6. As you can see, the water is very clear. Apparently, I'm going to have to be vigilant at cleaning up the seeds from the ivy close by. Here's my numbers from this morning... FC -9.5 CC- >.5 pH -7.8 TA -80 CH -275 CYA -? I'm having a problem with the CYA. I added 4 lbs of the HTH stuff...