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Hello! I finally got my Taylor K-1730 copper test kit and tested for copper this morning. You're supposed to mix the chemicals, stand up the square tube on the little color comparitor card, look down the tube and compare the color to the color chart. Egad, my eyes are so crossed I found that...

Hello! I wanted to know if there is a calculator or instruction sheet y'all recommend for how much sodium thiosulfate to add in case my free chlorine gets out of whack again from over-zealous shocking. (it was as high as 65 before dumping in about 24 oz yesterday, dropped like a rock) I've...

Hello everyone, I've been posting in the "Got a bleach question" because my FC was sky high. Per your recommendations I went hunting for sodium thiosulfate. Yesterday I was able to get some from a service company (shoutout: THANKS VERY MUCH! Moonlight Pool & Spa in MD) who graciously gave me...

Hello everybody, I thought I read somewhere that ammonia was produced when algae was being killed by chlorine. Is that correct? Do any of the common pool chemicals for balancing and setting up your water contain ammonia? Also, we have two API fish tank test kits for ammonia (NH3 and NH4+)...

Hi all, another newbie question: I've thrown so much into my SW pool I'm getting worred about adding anything else until I can get something under definitive control. If several things are "out of whack" and you can only adjust one thing at a time, what would be the order of priority in...

Another newbie, joined over the weekend and this is my third post already. Got a bleach question.... how much is too much and shouldn't I be seeing results by now? 3200 gallon pool with SWG and copper ionization and pool chemistry a mess for weeks since I was trusting those little test strips...

Hello again, Dave said (on the Hey DAVE thread): I believe it can test down to 0.05 ppm copper (and up to 1 ppm). I saw a K-1730 on the Taylor site. Which is better? Are the Intex copper test strips (what I've been using since my SWG has a copper ionizer) that reliable? Thank you!

Hello folks, Had two water samples at the local pool store over the weekend. They used something that looks like a LaMotte WaterLink with the little UDVs. How accurate are these devices? If your chlorine or pH is out of whack does that affect the results? I've got a Taylor kit on order -...

Hi everybody, I'm a newbie and this is long. Saltwater Intex pool, 3200 gallons, in the shade. Second year, this year we put a 12X12 canopy and mosquito netting (they're fierce) which keeps most debris out (but daddy long legs still get in...) Last year we had no real problems other than...