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Just received my reagent replacement. Been testing w tfp reagents for 7-8 years and purchase new almost every year. This year the vial of powder has dessicant and contents are snow white. Never seen that before I'm guessing it's normal just new to me

the testing is a free way to get suckers in the store, if you do your own testing then you come in less and its harder to lie to you

unless you dumped in ~500 lbs of salt that is unlikely to be accurate ( didnt actually do the pool math but it would be a LOT ) ok i couldnt stand it - pool math says to raise my pool to 8600 would take 914 more lbs of salt ...

did your son get all the debris off the bottom ? If not it will take a truckload of chlorine and a million cartridge cleanings to get the water clear .... /sarcasm off

speedstir helps but you can start without it. The stir keeps the colors and mixing consistent ... and its fun

Its not just pools, its people, some are hard to convert to a proven better way. I would encourage him to read the site, or read the manual for the SWG. But at the end of the day pool companies depend on customers like him for the weekly maintenance income. Ive found it is really VERY easy...

the bleach is being consumed by the green in the water.

how did they measure CYA of 9 ? Ive only seen it in whole numbers, 10,20 ,30

I used the wrong term - its a standard solution https://tftestkits.net/standard-solutions-c23/ https://tftestkits.net/R-7065-CYA-Standard-50-ppm-2-ounces-p97.html it will test to a known CYA of 50 so you know what 50 looks like

get the CYA test solution so you can see what a known number looks like - its not hard, just test outside during the day, back to the sun and dont stare, either you see it or you dont in a glance and round down

without some test results, it will be hard to help. based on the visual description it wouldn't be unusual to need gallons if not tens of gallons of chlorine to clear a swamp as you describe it

my advice - stop using powders and pucks that have CYA in them and use chlorine ... As long as you keep using stabilized anything your CYA will be so high you will have trouble getting free chlorine up enough to help with anything ... A salt system will help a TON in managing your out of...

FYI - i have 22,000 gallon pool and spa and a cartridge filter and typically change the cartridges 2x a year ( when I remember ) and my pool stays pretty crystal without issue ... These folks know what they are saying ...

seems my bulk buying of bleach in january was a GOOD thing ... ;-)

Im in Carrollton, it was the Walmart at Marsh and Frankford

Well mine is in need of about 4 gallons to get right again, and at a dollar a gallon I can afford to spend $10 and hope to use it before it gets too weak. I was posting for the benefit of others. Next time Ill keep it to myself ... ;-(

last years left overs, thats funny, its 5 weeks old - 345 th day was Dec 11... Not sure what the expectation is for age of products on walmart shelves but ... even so at a dollar a gallon its a good deal

congratulations on getting the filter figured out Great eye from the forum member who spotted it

I tested my pool 2 days ago and the chlorine was 3 parts per million in the pH was perfect. That was from the pool the water temperature was 60 degrees. Tonight I tested the spa which runs with shared pool water the spa was 100 degrees the chlorine was it 9 + parts per million and the pH was...

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thats not cal hypo its bleach ... that site doesnt support using bleach and its SLOW why not just use http://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html ?

if the goal is to run it up before a vacation add it the morning you leave Its only a little more than a gallon Make sure your CYA is right to keep the CL level more stable

You only need one scoop of powder

they have a seal but most of mine are rotted from the chlorine...

one more thing to consider on anything you buy at Walmart It may have been refilled with water and returned for refund

Definitely have tile with grout Thanks Maybe we should add a AB Row to the chart ?

Here are the levels recommended by my AB PB Calcium 300 Alkalinity 120-150 PH 7.4 - 7.6 Salt 2.8 - 3.4 Stabilizer 50

down to 2700 today 45 days later Weve had some rain - Letting it drop some more since the pool will be too cold to run the SWG soon anyway

rain ? Leak and autofill ?