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Thank you so much. Did what you said, and read just about everything on this site. Current metro water consistently tests at zero for metals, so I opted out of sequestration and filtered and vacuumed everything to death. Figured out my CYA (based on most common test result from pool store)...

"Well, they also think nothing wrong about a CYA of 200ppm." Why, because the customer will have more problems that require more of their products to "fix"?

Speaking of pool-store testing... I'm new here, as well, but one thing I have learned at this site (along with so much more over the last two weeks) is that CYA does not drop. Yet, I had my water tested at a pool store last week -- waiting for my TF100 to arrive -- and my CYA was 20; two days...

Dave, we are on a municipal system, but they do use a well. I've noticed my whites will sometimes turn rust colored, and if I run them again with bleach, they clear up. So, I think the system sometimes "burps" up iron, and unfortunately, might have done so while we were filling. Also, my...

Thanks, Dave. So, do you think there was algae in the water I filled it with? That causes me a great deal of concern, as we use that water for bathing and cooking. I'm going to purchase one of the test kits you all have suggested on this site, and shock it using the method covered in "How to...

Intex unltraframe - 14' x 48" 1000 gph Krystal Clear pump w/Type A paper cartridges (Sorry, but can't find the hp) Just learned the water company uses a well (booo!) Temps normally between upper 80s and low 90s. Pool is in full sun. New to all this, so don't hate me when I write something...