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Cool.....thanks. I will post the results in a few days. Thanks for all your help.

Any rough ideas on what amount to start with? 1gal per week? I currently use a chlorinator and usually run it at about 5.

I'm assuming that my cya will rise again over time even after the water refill due to the fact that I am using chlorine with stabilizer. Is there an alternative to using chlorine with stabilizer?

So I did the testing today and here are my numbers: Cya - 120 Fc - 1.5 Cc - 4 TA - 140 Hardness - 170

I bought the TF-50 last year and will try the test with it tonight. I didn't think things would vary that much between testing but from your statement I guess it does. I will post updates tonight. Thanks

So I opened the pool added some shock and algeacide. The pump has been running for a few days and the water is clear. I had the water tested and here are the results: CYA - 100 Total Chlorine - 2.3 Free Chlorine - 0 Ph - 7.5 Total Alkalinity - 100 Adj. Total Alkalinity - 70 Total Hardness - 196...

First year winterizing myself except I did have a pool guy blow the lines out. My pool cover is a mesh type(expensive tarp) and after putting on I have a few small wet spots on top of the cover. Will this continually drain water from the pool? Or will it stop once we get a little rain and...

Thanks. I will get the algaecide ordered and close early next week. Appreciate all the help.

Water temp is about 68. I will read the closing article and get the algaecide. How much bleach would you recommend?

I see, I should have just keep diluting until I got an accurate reading. The pool water is about 6 years old so maybe it's time. I was planning to closes it this week. Can I do my normal closing (algaecide, stain/scale reducer, shock) and the put cover on until spring? Shouldn't need much...

My kit makes enough each time for me to get about 3 tests. I poured in until I couldn't see black dot. Poured out and tried again until I ran out. If you want me to do again I can dilute twice to get a more accurate result.

I did it three times with what I had and all three where between 98-100. I can do it again but will be my last cya test as I am about out of the agent for the cya test.

Ok.....got a 100 that time which would make the cya 200. I have a problem a few weeks ago as all this started by not being able to keep the chlorine level up. The pool store always said that my tc was 0 and on my too kit it was basically clear. As you saw, I added two gallons of bleach the...

Ok. Going to do it now......

Just in case you guys need the chlorine broken down it was: FC - 4 Cc - .5

Ok. Got my test kit and here are the results: CYA - >100 (about 2/3 the way up on tube to the 100 mark) TA - 110 Total chlorine - 4.5 Total hardness - 230 Ph - 7.1-7.2 This was my first testing but I did a couple of them twice. I was careful but the more I do the better I will become.

Thanks Dave. I ordered my kit last night from your site. I plan on doing all my own maintenance now after 5 years of funding the pool store's Lear Jet. I look forward to learning about the process. Thanks again,

Sorry...got things confused. Newbie......My Adjusted TA was 64 and the appears the range should be 125-150 so that was the reason for the baking soda but I wanted to adjust slowly and not drop in 20 lbs like the report from the pool store had recommended. I added about 1 lb of Lo N Slo...

Btw - the ph was a bit low hence the reason I added the baking soda. From what I understand, having the ph right makes the other test more accurate. Please advise....

Ok....so I added two gallons of bleach and about 7 lbs. of baking soda. Something I thought was very interesting was the fact that the back of the baking soda bag had instructions (amounts/ppm per gallons of water) for the pool. Never thought......already learning from this site. Thanks for all...

Thanks for the responses. Water is crystal clear and no signs of algae. I live in near Fredericksburg, VA (Central Virginia) and the swimming season is just about over. Plan on closing in the next two weeks Since I got my Chlorinator fixed my PH/Chlorine test kit (cheap'o kit - add five drops...

Tired of being ripped off and even worse not having a balanced pool. I just recently joined looking for some help. I am ordering the test kit from here so my test can be more accurate and more frequently since the pool store is an hour away. My pool is 16x32 vinyl liner and goes from 3'-8'...