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Hello, I typically use the trouble free pool method with bleach. However with splash out and heavy rains, my cya level has dropped from 70 to around 25. My pool is chewing through a ton of bleach...maybe 3 or 4 gallons a week. It was much easier to maintain proper chlorine levels when my cya...

[color=green]Split off of here. Please ask questions in your own topic. JasonLion[/url] Wait...bottles of chlorine are marked with the day if the year it was made? Cool I just checked my Clorox and it was made on day 175 too.

I started off the swim season this spring with a cya of 80. I was going to drain it partially because my CH was at around 750...but then the rains came. Now my CH is around 450 (yay) but my CYA is around 25 (boo). I was on vacation for two weeks and had a little algae when I came home, so I'm...

I've mastered my chemicals but my pump is still a mystery to me. I'm going on vacation and I want to make sure my main drain is open. When my spa drained last month, I started cranking valves and I'm not sure if I left it opened or closed. I tried testing it by sending my 9 year old to the...

Today I went to Target to stock up on bleach and their $2.99 store brand was cleared out. I went for the $3.49 Clorox and I love it. Their bottles are more ergonomic and they have an air flow hold built into the handle. As I slowly dispersed the Clorox and walked around the pool, no bleach...

All of my hottub water went to my pool. Any idea how this would happen? - - - Updated - - - Just want to add that it's not "gone" but the pool water level is duper high. It seems to be a closed circuit of water but none is staying in the hot tub.

Hello, I've been back of the swing of things and performing complete pool chem tests with my TF-100 kit after a long winter of only testing chlorine and pH. When I first tested on March 6, here were my results: 3-6-2014: FC 8.0 CC 0.0 TC 8.0 pH 8.0 CH 730 CYA 90 TA 110 I've adjusted pH and...

Hello! We built our pool last year and have been using the TFP method, aside from using pucks over the winter. I noticed recently that our spa spillover hasn't been spilling water. Instead the hot tub water was stagnant. I asked my pool builder if I could have changed a setting on our...

Hey all! My old neighbor just bought a home with a pool and he I'd trying to understand how to best care for his pool. Fortunately it seems like he hired a pool service that actually understands how high CYA can be detrimental to a clear sparkly pool. My neighbor said the guy tested it and CYA...

I'm having the exact same issue! Gunite pool with luna quartz plaster and I'm constantly battling pH. My TA is at 90 too and I bring my pH down to 7.2 and within 3 or 4 days, my pH is at 8.2. Will raising my TA too 100 or 110 stabilize rising pH?

Oh mah lord. I just had a pool party and towards the end of the day a little girl starts talking about how the lice lady came to her house this morning. I was kind of confused but the Mom started talking and started with, "Oh full disclosure!" and that this morning but they hired a company to...

My pool is two months old and Ive been using trichlor pucks to raise my CYA levels. My CYA is at 50 now, and I'm wondering how much higher I should let it go. My FC these last few days gas been happy and stable at 6.0. I've been using bioguard silk tabs in a rainbow inline chlorinatior on full...

Yesterday I had a pool party and everyone was complaining of burning eyes. Here we're my results before the big swim: TF-100 FC 5.0 C 0 (maybe .5 but I'd guess .25 or lower because test was ever so slightly pink, 1 drop cleared it.) TC 5.0 (ish) pH 7.2 TA 60 CH 470 CYA 45 I assumed it was just...

Hello! I just got my TF-100 test kit and when that ups man rang my doorbell it was like Christmas in July! :) Anyway I tested my pool right away and here are my results: FC 3.5 CC .5 Total chlorine 4 TA 80 CH 700 CYA 25 to 30 Calcium hardness is crazy! I have the app that let's me plug in my...

Be gentle, I'm new! :) I have a newly build 17,000 gallon gunite chlorine pool. I have a pentair variable speed pump, and I'm using trichlor pucks in an automatic chlorinator. We took our first water sample to a pool store and here is what the readout said: Cya 30 Total chlorine 1 Free...