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Ok, well then I'm going to shoot for a CYA of 50-60 so my FC target will be around 6-8. Ideally, I'd like CYA of 40 and FC 5-7. We'll see. Thanks everyone.

Ended up with a high CYA, around 120 and algae was beginning to form (long story). All other test readings are at normal levels. Reduced my PH to 7.2 started to do partial drains and refills to get CYA to get around 60 or so. I'm currently in the middle of this process. Today is my 3rd day into...

OK, great. I'm starting today to bring mine down to 50. I'll update here in a few days when I get to 50 and see if my MA usage starts to decline. I'll keep you all posted. thx

Hey Jason, Are there notes on TFP about this TA being ok @ 50 cause I can't find anything to that effect. Or is this info you all have just learned over time? thx

Been following TFP recommendations to the letter since Dec. 2013, or I wouldn't have the numbers I do now. Watch and maintain my pool like a hawk now. So I don't know what you mean by following our recommendations. No I don't have auto fill and my plaster isn't new. My fill water is captured...

My numbers are good. There always good. I watch them everyday. I wasn't asking anything about CH or Borates. Just put that in there FYI... So can somebody please just answer my basic question: Is using 14oz. of MA every other day to maintain proper pH common or unusual?

FC 5 ph 7.6 TA 70 CH 350 CYA 80 Salt 3100 Temp 86

I use 31.45% MA to keep my pH between 7.5 & 7.8. I find that I have to add approx. 14oz. or so every other day to maintain these levels. I also have a little high CH (350-400) so I really try to keep my pH at the lower levels. I added Borates about 6 weeks ago and the water feels & looks great...

Suggestion: Put in your signature what type of pool you have…salt or regular, SWG or not etc. so in the future people can better advise you. If what Charlie said does not work, this is what I'd do. If this was my pool, I'd first do a large dilution of the pool water with a CH of 500. That's...

Well I did dilute pool water some and got Borates down to 60. From this point forward I'll just let the pool simmer down the rest of the way through summer adding water and so on. Some advice to anyone that's considering adding Borates. I'm really glad I did. The water feels incredible. To me...

What are the ramifications of to high Borates?

Ok I added Borates to the pool 5 days ago accordingly to the outline above and my numbers are: FC - 6.0 pH - 7.5 TA - 80 CH - 375 CYA - 70 Borates - 80 (very light on the test strip) Will high these Borate levels hurt the pool? And I just tested my salt content for the 1st time with Aquacheck...

I'm going to use the Grocery store Borax/acid method as explained here: http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/4655-So-you-want-to-add-borates-to-your-pool-Why-and-How I have 2 questions: 1) I have a cartridge filter - Jandy Cartridge Filter CV340. Would it be better for me to remove the...

Nop. All fixed now.

I'm currently aerating now to bring my pH up and over the next few days my FC will balance out. Here are my current readings as of this morning: FC 6.0 CC 0.0 pH 7.3 TA 70 CH 350 CYA 65 BTW HouTex… I'm on the west side of Houston near Katy and my city tap water readings are: FC - 0.80...

Yes I do. Numbers before rain... FC 3.5 CC 0.0 TC 3.5 pH 7.5 TA 70 CH 400 CYA 60 My plan according to TFP is I'm going to tackle TA 1st, cause that may raise my pH some. Once I hit my TA number I'll tackle pH. Is this the right way to go? 2 more questions: 1) Once I start adding...

Got A LOT of rain yesterday. Using the TF-100 test kit and speed stir, when I tested for TA, I added first the 2 drops of R-0007 and then 5 drops of R-0008 and it turned RED immediately NOT green. I didn't even have to add R-0009 to make it red. So does that mean my TA is way low and I need to...

Sails are to much hassle for us and very difficult to bring down and put back up in case of storms during the summer etc. When we had our pool built we thought out how we were going to have shaded areas also. So what we did was when they poured the decking around the pool we had them put 4...

Home Depot has the 31.45% muratic acid in 1 gal. jugs. Get at least a couple. And yeah, FC normally does come down pretty fast during summer months when the sun is high, hot and out a long time. That's the only reason I suggested using Chlor Neutralizer because it's still winter, sun is low and...

Your FC is way high with a CYA of 60. I had this problem and used Chlor Neutralizer to get that number down. You need to shoot for a FC target of 4. Chlor Neutralizer is a powder bought in a plastic 2lb canister at the pool store. Go easy with it. Use a little, run pump on high for about and...

Collect some pool water and run through one of these for drinking water. http://www.berkeyfilters.com/?gclid=CMSu5uust7wCFQto7Aod3jYARA

Welcome JV, You'll love the TF100 Test kit. It looks like a lot when you first open it up but it does't take long to organize it all in your head and do the actual testing. I bought this same kit and I also bought the Speed Stir. Boy, this thing makes your testing a snap and hassle free...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h OK great thank you. Yes I meant TF-100

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h I'm using the LT-100 kit. When I'm testing for TA the last step where you wipe the bottle tip before each drop until your water turns red…. My question is the turning red part. Does turning red mean kind of a rich pink (does that...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h I have a question about pool math calc. I attached a screen capture of my current pool calc numbers. I don't understand this CSI at all. If you look at all my numbers above they are all perfect for my pool yet my CSI is -0.41 and...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Ok thanks for that salt comment. Bare with me here, I have another question cause I'm still trying to get my arms around maintaining the chlorine levels. Yesterday I tested everything again and it all looked good but my FC was 4.5...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Hey guys I told you I'd probably be back soon. All of my numbers look great now but this morning I decided to use the Salt test strip & see what it says vs my SWG control panel. If you remember back when I was diluting my pool last...

Re: New to the forum & a 1yr. old salt pool, need a little h Yep I got it. Now over time I'm just going to have to learn my pool, the SWG % amount, sun etc. etc. to maintain those values. And if I run into trouble with low FC I can always add a little bleach to get it up some in the meantime...