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Thanks for all the great help! Stains are gone. I'm sure if I had listened to everything I was told, I would have a beautifully clean pool. For several days I did and wanted to let you know but was too busy enjoying it! 1st thing I need to do now is order a GOOD test kit. I'm having trouble...

Marie, Please explain in newbie terms: if my ph starts to drift up, I through a puck in Does the cya in the puck help keep the ph down??

Yes, the pool is getting cloudy. I'm sure the stains are gone. If they weren't, I don't think I could see them today thru the cloudy water. Backwashed this AM. Readings: CYA: 0 PH: 7.0 Alk: 180 Didn't bother with the cholorine as it's been 0 for days now. I'm ready to add cholorine. I know...

Thanks Marie. I thought maybe there was something I could control that would stop the Alk from rising as it seems hard to lower. This morning the PH was still 7.4-7.6 so I added the PH down (couldn't find muratic acid last night). I used about half the amount on the BleachCal. I'll check it...

The more I learn, the more confused I get! Please keep working with me as I DETERMINED to learn it all! - or at least some of it! I know I'm jumping the gun a bit by taking readings now and not waiting until 24 hours after the asorbic acid and sequestriant treatment but I wanted to get an idea...

My cholorine is down to 0. After adding 3#s of PH down, the PH was still in the 7.4 range. I put in a pound of asorbic acid at 7am. The stains on the walls appear to be gone. There were still some on the floor and the general dirt look on the walls. About 7:30 I put in another pound - by...

I bought the metal out stuff. It's called Metal Free by Natural Chemistry. Per the guy at the store, it's made to be used along with asorbic acid (his was 3 times the price of what I ordered on the website). He says do NOT use the Metal free until I put in the asorbic acid. As I said earlier, I...

Forgot to mention that I couldn't re-direct the jets to move the flow closer to the surface. Is there a trick to it? I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has had this problem. Also glad to know there are so many knowledgable people out there willing to help.

The answers I have gotten here are the best! In a matter of a few days, I've come to trust the experts here and not have much faith in the local pool store as far as chemicals go. I've added the PH down 3 times so far as per the package directions and the reading is still 7.6. I'm going to...

WOW! This is great! I love all this info I'm getting. Wish I were moving as fast as the info is coming. But with out of town company staying with me and "puppy sitting" my daughter's pup, I not moving at my usual speed. I rubbed a cholorine tab on one of the stains for several minutes with no...

Thanks for all the answers! Here's what I've done so far: Took a sample to the pool store to be tested. Results: Saturation Index: .1 (Do I care??) TDS: 500 CYA: 50 Tot Chlorine: .7 Free Chlorine: .7 PH: 7.9 Tot Alkalinity: 170 Adj Tot Alkalinity: 155 Tot Hardness: 58 Copper: 0 Iron: 0...

Thanks, Honey in OH. I was afraid I was being too long winded but I can see that I left out what may be valuable info. The additional water that goes into our pool is from the well. As far as I know, the conditioner only adjusts PH but I don't drink the water here. (I do use it for ice...

The pool and this great forum are both new to me. Hope my question hasn't been answered already. If it has, I missed it. I've read quite a bit on the forum and hope to be an expert soon! Our pool was just installed this year and I guess I'm still working on getting everything adjusted just...