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I’m not sure I understand why I would want to go up. TA is 60, PH is now 7.5 I was away for the weekend and had a little algae growth I vacuumed out to waste. I added about 20 ounces of muriatic acid yesterday. Shouldn’t I maintain this PH or even go to 7.2 to help with sanitation?

His friend is using his TFT kit. No strips here sir. :)

Thanks @Newdude , see my edit :). If he's using trichlor, and only about 10 pucks on this fill- he probably has next to no CYA- only about 8 ppm.

Thanks @Sunnydaze . Says he has put in 10 total in maybe two weeks. Wouldn't you think he would at least have 20 or so CYA? Can we support, if one already owns the product, adding enough tablets to raise the CYA to 50 or 60? That would be 10 tablets or so at once. Actually, I just found...

He has a 15’ round pool. He opened it and is telling me he’s putting in those small 1” tricolor tablets from HTH. I’m trying to get him to return the unopened ones and go chlorine. Thing is, he has used some chlorine (10%) in addition to the tablets every other day and has NO Chlorine or CYA...

I used to buy whatever was at Lowes or Walmart. Sometimes I know Walmart had the Clorox brand. Last purchase was the pool store brand.

Lexington, KY... very south of there.

Excellent- thank you!

Haha, you sir- must live near a home depot. I... after already investing heavily in Ryobi Tools sold at Home Depot- 13 pieces to be exact- and that 100 mah electric riding mower..... I have moved to an area that is about 55 minutes away from home depot :(. Seriously, Walmart and Lowes out in my...

I've been back to a pool store 30 miles away, twice now this summer- for them to test my salt and also to buy it as we were out in my town. We've had tons of rain like, well- some people. I need to get a "salt meter" and be done with them, I have the large TFP test kit and do all other...

Pool Thanks for the tips all. Will leave CYA alone and lower PH. And SLAM. The picture link looks much better than it did.

So here's my results, my pool was mostly green last week as I was fighting with high PH. I think I have it under control. It's grey and cloudy, I can see the last remnants of an algae center to vacuum out to waste. FC is high because I've added a gallon of chlorine each day while I waited on...

Thanks! It sounds like there's some information on the website that I couldn't get from reading the manual, and I was reading the manual online, but I downloaded it from another source. It does seem problematic with the limited amount of chlorine it will generate. I'm going to have to give...

Just moved and installed a new pool and I'm a little unfamiliar with the Saltron Retro system; but it can't be that much different than others in principle. FC:5.5 PH: 7.8 TA:110 CYA:70 I know how to adjust the PH and TA, but I was curious what the forums thoughts were on the FC of 5.5. I think...

Funny lesson learned here: I watched the gauge as I put in the cellular fiber stuff. The needle never moved. So I kept adding. One day later the water was barely coming through the return. I think the Intex gauge is not as robust as a normal gauge. It just has marks on the green...

Thanks! What do you think about the safer cellulose fiber alternative ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks, my question is around my experience that vacuuming to filter seems to just push it back into the pool. Isn't algae to fine for sand to pick up? But maybe DE will catch it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've been going at this for about 2 weeks solid it seems. SLAMMING that is. Have I been checking it every two hours? No- but definitely at night and for the last two days every four hours at least. Here's some good photos of what I have this morning. Yesterday I added about chlorine as...

It did drop from 16 to 10 in about 6 hours of sunlight today. Does that mean it's doing its job? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You raise an excellent point. I use the iPhone app for pool calculator and even though it asks for the input info for your goals - BBB or TFP, it still says 3 for the goal on FC- it doesn't seem to change. Either way- this pool water ain't went below 7 ppm in days and has been topped off to...

I have been slamming like crazy. Went from 16 ppm last night to 7 this morning. How long do I need to do this? How bad can my pool be? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Last week cloudy- this week green. HELP. I left town for two days- but my wife topped the chlorine off to 3 ppm each night. I completed the SLAM per the instructions. When I came home I brushed the pool because it looked like algae starting to form. I vacuumed to waste. Next morning...

On the subject of DE, is there a place that sells a small bag. Seems like it is 20-25 bucks for a $25.00 bag or Leslie's as an alternative- still around 20 bucks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you! If I may ask another question here- I notice with this Intex equipment (and honestly I can't remember from the other pools) then when I backwash and rinse some sand always shoots back through the return. Is this normal? Very annoying. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks- how do I apply it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Okay thank you. I'm there with the no chlorine loss in 9 hours overnight. Hopefully it will clear up soon, I have had pump running 24 hours for three weeks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This may sound like a dumb question, but the morning I find that less than 1 ppm chlorine loss will be the morning that my pool is sparking? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How long does this typically take? I mean ... I got to earn a living and go to work on Tuesday. [emoji2] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So Saturday I added enough chlorine to get to 16 ppm. On Sunday morning I was at 13. I added bleach to get to 16 ppm. At 9 pm I am at 10 ppm. Are these results typical? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for sending that link folks. I'm five years into my troublefreepool.com forum membership; so I have definitely refered to that link. However if I may comment- finding that particular link does seem quite difficult when only using the Tapatalk IOS app. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk