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I specifically have Deuteranopia (red-green colorblindness) and it makes reading pH measurements painful. So instead of struggling with color matching, I thought of a good way to read pH with a color picking app. Any color app that reports colors in HSV (hue, saturation, value) space is ideal...

So today I tested my (perfectly clear) water and got: FC: 6.8 CC: < 0.5 pH: > 8.0 TA: 120 CH: 320 CYA: Just about 30* The pH was obviously concerning, so my further thoughts about it are as follows: For the whole last month my CH was consistently ~350 on my Taylor kit *and* at the pool store...

So, I did my first SLAM as discussed in this thread and I believe it was highly effective. Thanks to many this forum for their advice and guidance on many topics, such as my possible need for doing a SLAM, for getting an FAS/DPD test, and for advice on raising my CYA. I passed my OCLT (lost...

Hi all, after some issues communicating with my chem and basket guy over the last year and a half, I decided to do weekly pool maintenance. No disrespect to the people who have been doing this for years or decades, but I figured I could quickly get up to speed enough to do it myself and then...

Hi all, I spent the last three weeks reading up and devouring as much information as I can about the care of my 14,400 gallon salt water pool, from blogs, YouTube channels, a few books, and then also going back and forth with my own Taylor test kit as well as getting readings from Leslie's...