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Ok...this makes way more sense! So, we have tablets and have been adding the granular bromine with chlorine....over kill, obviously. Stupid directions. This is why I am on this site...could never balance the pool until I started using this site's method. Is it true that high bromine levels...

Yep, that is the post I am still confused about. I don't see where it talks about adding bromine to maintain. I see shocking the system, which I read as chlorine. Is there somewhere I should look in those 7 pages for more specifics for people like me that just don't get it?

Even if I refill, I am still not sure the process of adding bromine. The pool is easy with the info on this site...test and add chlorine (and whatever else), if needed. However, I don't know how to add the bromine when I have tablets and granular. Do I add both? And, do I keep adding the...

I am using the above products: bromine tablets, granular bromine and granular chlorine. I am doing something wrong...the chemical smell makes my eyes water and makes it hard to breathe. Am I supposed to add the granular bromine and chlorine to the spa after every use (per instructions), even...

Mostly, I pour straight from the container (I am pretty good at eyeballing). This last week since being back from vacation, I started using a hard, plastic measuring cup from the kitchen for the partial measurements. I pour around the pool, mostly in front of the returns. Then, I brush. I...

Sounds good...I will keep slamming. Just needed to know if I was doing everything correctly. Geez this takes a long time (and, yes, I am impatient)!

I slammed before and after vacation, not during (just had house sitter add 2 c chlorine every day). Redid test at waistline....I came up with a cya of 60 and husband came up with 55 (he has much better vision than I do!). I would trust his 55 over my 60.

Test was with Taylor kit....same one I used today to ascertain a cya of approximately 50. The cya has dropped due to a water drain and additional vacuuming.

Sorry...I do things like that....:)

Apparently, dirty water can cloud the results (literally) when testing for your cya. - - - Updated - - - I don't know if it was the cloudy water that gave a high cya reading the first time, or maybe we just drained more than I planned.

I wasn't sure, so I retested and then made my husband retest...we both came up with 55, so I have been using that number. I didn't know about the coffee filter the first time, so maybe that influenced my first reading? I also suspect we are just shy of 30k gallons. My husband just rechecked...

Started June 6. Slammed until vacation (left with clear pool, returned to clear pool) June 14...resumed June 21st. Yesterday, brought to Mustard Algae shock level (for my cya of 55, that meant going from FC 22 to 32). Last night it looked like I may have had it...no CC. This morning showed...

I will try that today. Thank you!

I was slamming for over a week before going on vacation. Already resumed slamming on Sunday. How much should I raise the chlorine? I have been trying to keep it at the slam level of 22 (per my cya of 55).

Pool is crystal clear (even after being gone a week and having someone only add 2 cups of chlorine a day and only running the filter without the waterfall setting during the day). We aren't losing FC at night...during the day we have about a 37% drop (from 23 to 14.5 over 11 hours). CC went...

That would require daily testing (no go for the person here while we are out). They can add chlorine, that is all. - - - Updated - - - Sweeping everyday (usually multiple times) Taylor kit Testing myself Tested again...CC is 2, FC is 24 (3 hrs later, and I was shooting for 22... Oops)

30% loss of chlorine over 9 hours (cya of 55) and a spike of CC to 2. Yikes! I think we found the issues! The waterfall and lights were really bad. So, I am now adding chlorine and will test on an hourly basis....unfortunately, we are still going on vacation. How do I figure outa how much...

Here is my cover...this may be more difficult to clean.

Ok...lights and waterfall were gunky....hubby cleaned...everything is on and running. I'll test again after the kids swim.

I updated sig... If the cover has been on the majority of the time, do I need to pull it off and bleach it?

I cannot get my pool balanced and we are going to be gone for a week. Pool is clear, CC won't go below one. Had my daughter scrub around the lights and steps last night (CC still at 1...looks higher today than yesterday). I have been at this for over a week now. It seemed like we were...

Never mind, CC went up to 1 this afternoon. I guess i am still not done. It will be interesting what it does when we leave for vacation.:(

Does it look ok to stop slamming?

The frustrating part is I don't know how well I am testing. So, last night hubby told me FC was 21.5. This morning I finally stopped at 25. Here are some pictures (because I kip don't know how well I am seeing the shades of pink!). Original water sample: FC 25(?) CC after 1 drop CC...

Can someone please give me an idea of how long this takes? We have been doing this for one week as of tomorrow, chlorine was steady today, CC won't budge. I keep sweeping, it looks clear, but I do see some cloudiness when sweeping. I am getting a bit worried because we leave for vacation in a...

Re: New to this Just wanted to make sure there was no other reason for CC not going down to .5. Thank you.

Re: New to this Now what? It looks clear, not losing chlorine at any sort of crazy rate, but the CC is still 1. Do I keep slamming until CC is .5? Here are last night and this morning/late afternoon levels: 9:43:22 PM FC22.5 6:48:22 AM FC23 CC1 5:17:11 PM FC20 (did not add chlorine all...

Re: New to this Ok...newest test readings Jun 4, 2014 Jun 5, 2014 Jun 6, 2014 CYA 100 60 Ph 7.3 7.2 Total alkalinity 140 120 Calcium 340 310 FC 6.2 12.8 8.4 CC 0.6 0.6 0.6 Pool is still greenish. I am not sure how to get rid of the algae but keep the pool usable for the kids. It is...

Re: New to this We are draining about 25% of our pool to start. I will retest again tomorrow.