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I guess the only thing from the list that may be a contributor is the adding water through the auto-fill mechanism. Thanks for the suggestions.

any ideas on why the pH is creeping up as quickly as it does?

That's a good reference. I hadn't found that one yet. Is it only the direct sunlight that burns up FC? Around 4:30 or 5 is when our pool begins to get shaded by the house and fully shaded within 30-45 min. That's when I'm adding my Cl. I don't want to add it too early but it seems like it...

Oh, I see. So using the PoolMath tool and given the correct levels are input, the Suggested FC Levels calls out Shock levels and as long as I'm below that I'm ok, right? So the range it says for my readings was 3-7 but I can go higher as suggested earlier in the post. Am I getting this right...

Btw, is it ok to swim at Cl levels of 12?

I've been testing the water with one of the recommended kits from TFP.com.

Thank you and I hear the warning loud and clear on the chlorine level. For my education, what is the potential consequence for chlorine levels below 3? Just not safe swimming water? Thanks

on 4/8: TA- 80-90 CH - 400 CYA - ~36 on 4/12: Cl - 1 pH - 7.8 temperature: 77 I added 12 oz muriatic acid. probably the 3rd time in a week. My goal is 7.5 and it gets back to 7.8 or higher fairly quickly. I later added 106 oz of 8.25% bleach. I was outof town for a few days so was low on...

Ok, so I'm going on a few months of TFP care. I take the reason for FC and Ph is because they both need constant adjusting, right? I'm probably adding muriatic acid every couple of days. It keeps coming up fairly quickly. My TA is within the guidelines. Does the constant Ph down with acid...

It looks like the ideal pH is 7.5-7.8 on this site so though I needed to raise it from 7.2.

Thanks so far everyone. As I went to add the Muriatic acid, I realized I have no form of weighing or measuring the acid without using anything that is deemed for the kitchen. How do y'all measure out your acid? I decided to eyeball it since I was ready move forward and dropped the pH to 7.2...

The person at the pool store where I got the CYA granules said to mix the bag of granules in 3-4 gallons of warm water and poor it into the skimmer. I have not seen that method mentioned here. not as effective? They also cast enough doubt needing more than the 4 lbs of CYA. He said it just...

Hi, Let's start from the readings: Cl - 0 pH - 8.2 TA - 90-100 CH - 300 CYA - <20 First pool and just moved to AZ. Was told by pool supply that needed to drain entire pool and refill due to CH being over 800 so I did. Then found TFP... I have not done anything to the pool in two weeks...