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Thank you both so much! Both of your answers really helped! I was keeping pH low to avoid scaling but ill Let it rise a bit and see what happens over the next few months as our temps increase.

also, disregard the test results from yesterday, I didn’t actually test yesterday I was just testing out the app based on previous measurements. Today’s are accurate

I must have done a typo for the 1500 gallons. Should be 15,000. I’ll update that now

No that’s not correct I haven’t updated it. I wasn’t really using the app until yesterday when I upgraded to the paid subscription. I last added acid this past Wednesday. I believe the pool is about 15,000 gallons (15x30x4.5 average depth).

Hey everyone, I just upgraded my pool math app so I can finally log my results, and my csi is a little too low (-0.77). a little background, I had the pool resurfaced and filled on October 5th of this year. I test using the Taylor k2006 test kit. I live in Palm Springs California and we have...

Thank you for the response. I wasn’t so much worried about the phosphates but wanted to know if the magic erasers were contributing. Nice to know they are not they work well with the tile!

I don’t have a test for phosphates. I first learned that I had them from pool store testing but just figured they were trying to sell me something. Then I hired a new pool maintenance man who actually tests the water with a proper test kit on every visit and he mentioned it as well and was...

Hey all, I know TFP methods don’t worry much about phosphates and I don’t either but I have pool water that’s about 2 months old and already have phosphates in the water so I’m wondering where it could have came from. I don’t use any fertilizer around the pool and it hasn’t been windy here so...

Just wanted to say I received my kit yesterday and tried it today and this test blew my mind! No more staring at colors and saying is it a 2??? A 3??? Makes my life so much easier wish I purchased it earlier!! Thank you TFP!

Thank you! I ended up ordering the TFT kit. I’d be lost without this website!

TFT kit it is. Anyone can buy a box. And there’s plenty of other things to buy on Amazon with my gift card!

Do you know how much reagent that kit comes with? They are practically the same price, except the Amazon one comes with a carrying case and I have a gift card to Amazon, however I love this website and would like to support, especially if it comes with more reagents. I guess I could always buy...

I’m pretty much obsessed with this site now haha. My husband calls me a pool nerd but I don’t care! Such nice and helpful people here! I will look into that kit thank you

I bought a test kit from leslies prior to finding this site which is essentially the same I’ve been told of the Taylor k2005 test kit. I have come to understand from this site that the kit is fine except it’s missing the FAS-DPD test. Is this kit that I found on Amazon the same test? Also, what...

Thank you! That info is very helpful. Now that the temp is decreasing we arnt in a hurry we want to slowly raise the cya then stop the pucks entirely. What is a good cya level to shoot for knowing that fall and winter are basically here? We are currently at 30

We arnt 100% sure we are going to measure the pool this weekend but we estimate around 10,000 gallons. We never measured before the remodel as it was a very old pool and we weren’t watching the water levels at all, just let the pool guy do it. Our pool temp today was 80 degrees! It was great...

Thank you for that very helpful information! Is this for plain plaster or pebble finishes as well? I think I’m just going to add the pucks. We want to raise the cya without adding more liquid as we certainly don’t want it to go too high.

That’s what I was thinking. I looked up feeder and it’s not what we have. We do not have a SWG. So no one sees a problem using a floater with pucks after a week of plaster? I really can’t think of what the issue would be but they made the instructions confusing!

I have no idea! I don’t understand what the problem with using a feeder is either. I have a feeling they are trying everything to make you void the warranty or something. My only thought is maybe if the floater gets stuck in a spot like it sometimes does that it will over chlorinate in that...

Hi everyone. We just replastered our pool one week ago with a pebble finish and we are working on balancing our water. We added a gallon of CYA on Tuesday which brought our level to approximately 30. We don’t want to add too much too quickly, but we are having a problem keeping chlorine in the...

Hi everyone. We just resurfaced our pool and it got filled on Wednesday. We need to add CYA but have no idea how much to add. We added chlorine this morning and it’s already low again! How do we figure out how much cya to add?

Thank you all for the feedback! Guess I’m going to need to get that kit or exchange this one!

Dang the case says DPD on it so I was hoping it had it! Is the FAS-DPD test absolutely necessary? We are on a budget since we are resurfacing and re-tiling the pool next month but I want to make sure our levels are perfect for our new pebble!

Hi everyone, I just picked up this test kit from Leslie. What do you think? Is it missing anything important? Thank you!