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    Question about no chorline in pool

    Wow, thank you all, I really appreciate it
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    Question about no chorline in pool

    I put this product in my pool:Bosh Chemical Vanish Pool & Spa Stain Remover (2LBS)- Natural Safe Citrus Based, Works Excellent on Vinyl, Fiberglass, and Metals, Removes Rust and Other Tough Stains For some reason now, it is not showing any chlorine when i do my readings? Would this product...
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    Pool Salt Level

    Thank you very much. I am using the digital read out on on my SWG.
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    Pool Salt Level

    How much should a 40lb bag of salt raise the Salt Level on a 17,500 gallon pool I only went from 2600 to 2800. Is that right? thanks GTP
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    South Florida and High PH

    I put in about a cup of Muritaic Acid to lower PH in my pool every few days. Does this seem like overkill and do I have another issue going on, or is this about right for a Sought FLorida Pool. I do have bubbler and water fall but rarely use them
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    PH a color I have not seen before

    Hello All, winter in full effect here in South Florida (lots of day time highs in high 60,s!!!) Just a question my PH test balance shows a color i have never really seen before. a Dark almost burnt orange (similar to the 7.2 color on my scale but much darker) Am i doing something wrong. I...
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    Anyway to keep PH Down

    yes i try not to run them as it raised PH
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    Anyway to keep PH Down

    I usuallly run my pump 4 hrs in morning and 4 hrs in late afternoon. The SWG percentage is usually at 50 but sometimes dial back to 40%. My CYA is about 60 thanks Tim
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    Anyway to keep PH Down

    Thanks to TFP, I think I got this chemistry thing down. But always having to add Muritac Acid weekly to keep PH Down. I dont really run waterfalls or bubblers to try and keep it down but it always climbs to 8.2 to 8.4 Any advice. My numbers below are pretty consisitne with my test (I do...
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    adding stabilizer to pool

    How long should it stay in the sock? Until there i nothing in the sock? Or will you have left over granulars?
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    Having Trouble keeping CL and Lowering PH

    pool math said to add 40oz of muriatic acid and i added a whole gallon (128 oz) so I def. goofed there. but with the new plaster it will rise. but lesson learned. I will check again the PH in a bit.
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    Having Trouble keeping CL and Lowering PH

    Great Point PoolDV. Yes the PH was 7. I use the K1000 test to range of test is 6.8 to 8.2. i just started the waterfalls
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    Having Trouble keeping CL and Lowering PH

    Well I added a whole jug of muriatic acid and it is now 7.0 PH but it will climb
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    Having Trouble keeping CL and Lowering PH

    6:30 am Eastern time report is 6.5 FC so i think i am ok. I guess i just need to keep adding a little bit of chlorine at a time
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    Having Trouble keeping CL and Lowering PH

    yes i have not run the bubbler or waterfall at all for 10 days due to the PH Ok i just did the FC again...it is at "7" at 9:21 Eastern Time..I will do tommorw morning at appx 7am and will post the results (On a side note it was at 7.5 at appx 4:30pm so already lost .5)
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    Having Trouble keeping CL and Lowering PH

    i have not done the overnight test...i will search how to do that on this awesome forum
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    Having Trouble keeping CL and Lowering PH

    New Pool about a month old getting ready to transfer over to my salt system soon. To big issues are i cant seem to keep CL in pool and the PH is always high even after muriatic acid is added. Here is some histroy on my Readings: FC CC TC PH TA CH CYA .02...
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    Test Results of K-1000 vs TF 100

    So I tested Cl using the K-1000 test and it looks like the yellow match is what equates to 5 CL (maybe 6 as it doesnt go that high) But with the TF 100 test using the R-0870 powder it came out to 11.5 Cl. why is this so differnt? thanks - - - Updated - - - Also with the 11.5 Cl test I only...
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    NEw Pool just cant seem to keep chrlone in it

    If I add a jug it seems to go from .02 FC to about 4 or 5 FC. Im just trying to avoid spending 5$ every 3 days to add more chorline.
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    NEw Pool just cant seem to keep chrlone in it

    1 8 17 0.04 8.32 65 140 32 1 14 17 0.01 8.4 130 250 28 1 14 17 0.03 8.28 75 155 38 1 16 17 3 0 3 8.4 150 250 31 1 21 17 5 8.4 1 23 17 0.02 8.4 28 FC...
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    NEw Pool just cant seem to keep chrlone in it

    I am continually having to put chorline in this pool. Like a jug every 3 days. PH runs high as well and never comes down from 8.4 even with muraitc acid added. I dont run my waterfalls much at all. My contractor is going to add stabilizer but he is in no rush. Im adding salt in about a week...