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    Test results, help!?

    Saturday test results Hi all, Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend so far! Here's what I got; FC-12 CC-1 TC-!3 pH-7.4 T/A- 190 CH-280 CYA- could not get to 100, (Thursday was 80??) Thanks in advance for any more advice! -Dean
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    Test results, help!?

    Hi, Yes, after a couple of days of pouring gallons of chlorine, yesterday the CYA was at 80, the chlorine seems to be holding a little more steady although it did drop a bit this afternoon, I will do a full test tomorrow and try to post the numbers. Thanks all! PS. My kids want to know what...
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    Test results, help!?

    Thanks for your reply, it will help. Yeah, it was so bad I could not get to the 100 mark on the CYA but I had to record something?, so looking at the distance between all the marks it looked like another quarter inch down was about 120...As far as the OTO test when you hold it up and it looks...
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    Bleach and CHlorine tabs?

    I just started BBB today to fix some problems can I use bleach and continue to put the Chlorine tabs in the canister by the pump?Thanks! Dean 10,000 g , sandfltered, gunite pool
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    Test results, help!?

    Hate to appear stupid but... my chlorine tester shows a scale of 1 to 5, and we are saying raise it to 25 ppm ...huh?
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    Test results, help!?

    Draining half the pool, I will throw some bleach in it, fill it it up in the morning and check it again, Thanks for the help. -Dean
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    Test results, help!?

    Hi newbie here, Have had trouble w/ a little algae, cloudy and tons of chlorine disappearing fast. Got my TF kit today, want to go BBB and after putting in a gallon of bleach yesterday here are the dismal results, help please? Thanks! Dean CL - 0 PH- 7 CH- 650 CYA- 120 T/A- 260 CC- 1.5 FC- .5...
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    Hi, from Fl. panhandle!

    I have ordered my expensive test kit and hope to get my pool straightened out, I have been having fits this year. It is an older 10,000 gallon, sand filtered, gunite pool and the chloroine just keeps disappearing. I went to the store and had my water tested. Threw $88 worth of chemicals in and...