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Thanks for the comments everyone. :) I have good news to report on the levels and the stains. The FC continues to stay pretty stable from day to day. I've been adding just around 50-70 oz of liquid chlorine (10%) in the evenings to hold steady around 5 ppm and so far so good. The CC...

Good question Woody. I incorrectly read advice from Casey to take it to 15. She advised that assuming the CYA was 30, which it is not yet. That was a lapse on my part.

Well today was the most promising day I have had as a pool owner. The water finally has that sparkle to it. I shocked it last night and brought the FC to 15. This morning I woke up and the reading was 13. Each time the CC is less than 0.5, which a good thing. I made it to the store and got...

So I was anxious to see what the test results would be today after a full day in the sun. I was curious if my FC was going to be present at all and what my CC looked like. And what of the pH and TA since I added borax and baking soda? Did they have any real effect? To recap, my readings...

Thank you SW for the advice and feedback! I will run with it and report back. I did did forget to mention in my original post that I have replaced about 6K gallons of water over two separate maintenance events in the last 10 days (~4K and then ~2K). I borrowed a buddy's hose and manual vacuum...

Hi all, I'm a new pool owner and have been lurking on TFP.com for a couple months now. I figured I should go ahead and sign up and show some pictures of the progress of my work and to ask some questions. Our newly purchased house sat vacant for almost a year before we bought it. We bought in...