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Re: If CYA is 40, optimal FC level is 4 - what rate will it lmk how u do at 40, im curious as to your loss patterns :D cheers

Re: If CYA is 40, optimal FC level is 4 - what rate will it Thanks, the pool is in sunlight all day long, from the minute the sun rises until sunset due to how its positioned on our property. I will experiment :)

Re: If CYA is 40, optimal FC level is 4 - what rate will it I was reading the CYA/FC chart, and it says minimum is 3, target is 5, so that is where i got 4 from :) should by FC really be 5 if my CYA is 40? PS: on recommended levels page it says my CYA for plaster pool to be 30-50 .. if...

If CYA is 40, optimal FC level is 4 - What rate should the FC level fall by in 24 hours that is in an acceptable level of decline?

thx added 10l muriatic .. to lower my ph and then aerate and then shock my bad.. shock then after cc is ok then lower ta can u plz tell me if my fc is maintained will i have high cc problems?

here are my readings FC 1.2 CC 5 PH 7.8 TA 325 CH 200 CYA 20-30 (barely any, new fill - only dumped dichlor 3kg in it since start) please advise what should I work on first, TA, and PH, and then add more Dichlor to get my CYA up?

thanks for the help anyhow, they say they need to leave some kinda space around the edges for the bottom layer, so it can shift, and thus not crack - because cracks are produced when the concrete has no place to expand to i googled and googled and read that they leave space around the edges...

the bottom is one slab, on it, is another concrete slab which has the tiles on it the bottom one isn't cracked then water would escape from the pool

The pool floor is 1 meter thick plus some more its compromised of well beaten soil, on it are some rocks, then there's the waterproof concrete layer and on top of that a 20cm (8-10 inch) concrete render (i think thats what its called) i know when they built the pool they didn't wait, they...

Hi There Last year we finished our custom swimming pool, below is a pic after I opened it from it being covered for the winter; our cleaning lady is .. well cleaning. Anyways, A ton of mosaic tiles came off on the bottom, because cracks started showing up. I contacted the builder, and...

I have a 15000 gallon pool and it costs about 110$ / month to run including electricity. It used to cost me more, until I found this site. Now I don't spend money buying PH Minus for like $8 per 2.2 lbs cans nor do I spend money on trichlor pucks and algaecide :)

I shocked my exact same size pool with 2 kilograms of dichlor (chlorine granulates) and that bought the CYA to ideal level, and then after I switched to liquid chlorine. All I'm doing now is adding Liquid CHlorine every 2 days and vacuuming/scrubbing.. 4 weeks perfect water, thx to this forum...

Comparing to what I paid for our pool that's a great price with a ton of bells and whistles included.

You can order The Taylor K2006 kit, although I recommend the Taylor K2006C kit (which is the same but will last longer/let u do more tests because it has more reagents) from various online pool stores in the USA that DO ship international. ;)

Anything I can do to clear CC besides shocking? Or is shocking the way to go?

They sell something called flock granulates/liquid here in the EU. They say it is used to combine micro organisms that would otherwise pass through the filter into bigger chunks that can be filtered. Is this chemical worth it even? Can it be used to filter out Combined Chlorine? Thanks

Re: Is HCL - Muriatic Acid the same thing as HCI - Hydrochlo The stuff I get for around 60 cents a bottle (Liter) is probably 6-8% not 12% :(

Re: Is HCL - Muriatic Acid the same thing as HCI - Hydrochlo I can't wait, it's been total chaos to find it, but I ordered it through a friend in the states, as well as from Taylor's European distributor in Slovakia. I have to update my research thread, Taylor can be bought in the EU :D

Re: Is HCL - Muriatic Acid the same thing as HCI - Hydrochlo I'm still waiting for my Taylor K2006 kit.. its in the mail.. right now can't test CC as locally they only sell FC/PH testers

I've been reading this forum a lot, learning a lot, and something I noticed is that the pool stuff you guys in the USA have... all have crazy cool names, like Whisperflow, Aqua Logic, Power-Flo, etc etc. While here in the EU, they don't give cool names to anything, rather just technical model...

When you say high chlorine, what is high so the PH test won't work?

I use dichlor (chlorine granulates) to shock the pool, it also adds CYA for me -- this after a refill. Otherwise I am using liquid chlorine to shock, which I pour in after the sun goes down at night. Cheers

Re: Is HCL - Muriatic Acid the same thing as HCI - Hydrochlo Since I refilled the pool I poured in about 13 gallons... (50 liters or so).. not at once, but gradually as I monitor the PH. My wife says the pool water smells like HCL, i think it smells like chlorine.... in any case it smells...

very nice, love the hidden bathroom that's slick :D

beautiful pool/deck/house, and love that stereo bench :D

very very nice !

looks nice and clean :D

I'm a convert too, I have everything Aqvacheck including their digital reader, and I can say now that I started using a drop based PH/FC kit (I'm wiating for my K2006) im never going to test strips again.

Thanks i will keep minusing ph then aerating

Thread updated with some new info I learned today, the search is still on.