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    How to apply muriatic acid?

    Since I have owned my pool, I have had to add two gallons of MA. The first gallon I mixed in a bucket then slowly poured it into the pool. Results were not what I hoped, so I did a second gallon but this time I added it directly to the pool by slowly pouring as I walked around. That gave me the...
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    How to measure CYA that is under 30ppm?

    Makes sense. So I did the CYA test when I got home. The black dot was perfectly clear. I did not see any form of cloudiness after mixing for 30 seconds and adding it to the smaller compareter. So I added approx 66oz of instant conditioner. Which from 0ppm CYA is about 15ppm CYA for my size pool...
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    How to measure CYA that is under 30ppm?

    So I can be in the pool with the FC is at the 16ppm? Or are you talking doing the cleaning from outside the pool? I hate cleaning from outside the pool so I am hoping I can enter the pool for brief periods of time while keeping it at shock level.
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    How to measure CYA that is under 30ppm?

    See, this is why I asked. The answer to just try and do 10ppm increments is so simple and easy. Thank you! So this pool was installed 9 days ago. Never owned a pool before that. In that time, I had 2 pucks in a floater. Then I ended up buying a chlorinator and installed that 2 day ago. I put 4...
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    How to measure CYA that is under 30ppm?

    Hey all, First thank you all for contributing so much information on this site. Thankfully I found this site before I paid an absurd amount of money for chemicals I did not need. So here is the deal. I learned from reading here that using those chlorine pucks add CYA which I don't want. So I...