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Since I opened the pool on May 27th it's been a constant battle to get my pH to stay in range. I go by the poolcalculator goals. So far this year I've added 13 cups of muratic acid. The pool has remained nice and clear all year and I've averaged 1 1/2 qts of bleach daily. (low reading today was...

I wasn't sure where to post this, so if it would be better somewhere else in the forum let me know. Our city's water treatment plant has been have some issues going on seven days know. We've been under a boil alert since last Friday evening. I won't go into details of what's been reported as...

First, today's readings--pH 7.8; FC 2; CC 0; T/A 90; CYA 40; temp 82 I keep my FC at 5 so will add 96oz of 6%. No problems there. My pH rose from 7.5 to 7.8 overnight 2 days ago. I like to keep it 7.3 to 7.5. My T/A has been consistant at 90 but I've been thinking of raising to 100-110...

Well, I may have bought the wrong thing. K-mart is selling 96oz bottles bleach for $1.00. That's about the best price I have seen for a while. So I went to check it out. The first thing I noticed is that the label doesn't give the percentage of sodium hypochlorite. In the past, I stay from...

Just opened the pool today. Not looking good. I'm topping it off right now so I haven't done any testing yet. The main issue a lot of green hovering around the bottom. Is there a way to post a picture? I'm trying to decide how I want to tackle it. One thought is after the pool is filled...

I didn't know if I should post this here or under testing because I have questions on both. First my readings: FC-4; CC 0; TC 4; pH 7.8; T/A 130; CH 90; CYA 40; Temp 84 For 'Goals' I used Traditional/Bleach/Vinyl. water is cloudy but can still see bottom (looking a little green down there...

I'm assuming that I can't use the TF-100 to test for Bromine (except for the K-1000 kit that came with it.) But, will the pH, TA, CH tests be accurate? I'm trying to convert my brother to the joys of chlorine and the BBB method. He just went to a local pool store, which will remain nameless...

This is my first year with TFP and have really enjoyed it. Now, I'm in the process of closing. I've cleaned all the leaves, backwashed and tested the water. Also, read the closing section in PS. I've also went through many of the posts in this section and am now confused. In PS, it says to...

Hi, all. I posted why and how I got here under 'Just getting started' so I won't go into that again. First test with TF100 today. A little history of this year's trials and tribulations. Open pool early June-looked good-topped it off and everything hooked up. Took sample into local pool...

Hey all. I was turned on to this site by a neighbor. I just started going through the Pool School. The one thing that sold my kids on our current home was the pool, an 18ft above ground (we have a 24ft now.) I used one of the local pool stores for testing and chemicals. I never walked out...