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I guess I'm embarrassed to tell you, but I have ben using the Leslie's Poolcare OTO Test Kit, which only tests for TC, pH, Acid Demand and TA. I had a test done at Leslie's today and here are the results: FAC .5 TAC .5 CH 130 CYA 90 TA 110 pH 7.6 Copper 0 Iron 0 Total Dissolved Solids 500...

Hi everyone. I'll make it short and sweet. My signature has my info. Is it necessary to shock a pool. I usually keep the chlorine a bit high, like 3 +/-. Water looks good. Not a lot of usage, usually just me, maybe my wife about 5 times a week for an hour or so. Always a bit of algae on the...

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Thank you duraleigh, but I don't think I need to lower my TA, and as I said, I don't see anyway with the equipment I have that I can aerate.

Here are my numbers as of this morning and I added info to my signature. FC 5 CC 5 pH 6.8 (Leslies says 7.2, my test kit shows 6.8 or less) TA 120 CH 150 CYA 30 To mknauss: what is a hose bib? To Richard 320m all I can find are 4 lb boxes of borax at Walmart. Can you suggest any type of place...

Hi. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I'll try and make it quick. I have a 25,000 gallon inground, with new vinyl last year. Old Hayward EC65 DE filter which seems to work fine. Keeping my pH up is a constant battle. A couple of days ago I tested it and the pH was low. Put 8 lbs...

OK, I've read the articles about how to lower the TA of my inground. First add some acid to lower pH and TA, then aerate to raise pH, then acid, then aerate, and so on. Designing and building a simple PVC aerator that screws into the return doesn't seem so hard. My question is, though, I read...