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Thanks for the quick replies. Hopefully the chemical changes are just an anomaly and will go back to normal soon. :)

Context I never thought this would happen, but I'm pretty sure our pool was struck by lightning about a week ago. My daughter thought she saw the lightning strike just past our back yard, but we had several things go wrong in and outside the house, with no visible indicators of a strike (no...

I figured as much. Thanks for the confirmation. The main reason I test there one a month is in case I have any problems with my plaster (they said having records from a pool store would make it a lot easier to process a warranty). Other than that, it's humorous to see the results of their tests.

OK, quick update. I decided to run to Leslie's Pools to have them test my water just to see what they would show. One thing that was surprising: they said my phosphates were at 1000. Obviously, the Taylor test kit doesn't have that test, and my CC is still 0, and pool is crystal clear. So...

Awesome, thanks for the quick responses! And whew!

Thanks, Marty. Perhaps it was a dirty test tube. I retested, but I'd already poured in some bleach. Would that have taken the CC down to zero on it's own? It been about 30 minutes with the pump running on high. My new test results were FC = 7 and CC = 0. I'm going to test again this evening...

I recently completed a SLAM (on 6/27) treating for a tiny amount of black and green algae, and a decent amount of mustard algae. Since then, my pool has been crystal clear and levels holding quite well (just adding chlorine). I've been testing every day, and all has been well. This morning, I...