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Scoop it out. If it's not 'leaking' or melted, raise your chlorine a little. If you still have FC, the Chlorine in your pool already took care of it If it is leaky or melted, raise to shock level (20ppm FC for cya of 50), and run your pump and filter for 24 hours on high to skim out any bits...

Only thing to add is: round your cya up to 40 so 5-7 is your target. Never let it drop below 3 or you'll be slamming again.

If you find the pool still bothers you with proper pH, you can consider adding salt and/or borates to soften the water.

Re: Test strip & bleach How much have you been putting in? I use about a fluid ounce of bleach a day (30ml). If you're chlorine (from any thing, not just bleach) is too high, it will bleach the test strip and show none . How much solid chlorine were you putting in? If you were following...

You shouldnt be diving head first (from the deck) into water less than 8 feet deep. Thats regulation (for public pools) in many places, although the Red Cross recommends 9 feet. For a diving board you need to also add in extra 1.5 times height, so if diving board is 1 foot above the pool, you...

Just pour one gallon of regular unscented bleach in every day until you get the test kit. Keep it skimmed, brushed, and vacuumed. Once you get your test kit, post up a full set of numbers and we'll go from there. In the meantime, if you want to do something constructive you can open up the...

Great.. Never let your FC drop below 3 for a cya of 30. Try to dose it up to 6 or 7 every night after you test. And then it should fall to 4ish by the next day. You can go a little higher than 7 if your expecting heavy use.

According to an old Chemgeek post, he successfully kept algae away at 150ppm cya and 3ppm FC with biweekly polyquat use. I've never tried it, and can't vouch for that method, and polyquat is expensive; but if you're set on tablets it may work for your pool. Polyquat algaecides: Mode of Action...

In a small hot tub, you should actually be able to get by with just the Oto test and phenol red. You can get those at any pool store, or even Walmart. I realized that, other than when filling, I never use the good test kit on my hot tub. In a hot tub, you'll be keeping your cya low enough...

Didn't even notice you were in Canada too... Yes, finding the test kits locally will be impossible and ordering to a Canadian address expensive. If you know someone visiting the us, or you are, have it shipped to a parcel pickup in a border town. The extra hassle is worth the savings. It's made...

At my old house we maintained the tub the pool store way. Spent $30 or $40 a month on chemicals and stuff. Moved into a house with a pool, found this site and started doing the hot tub this way... i probably spend $20 a year now, and empty half as much. Here are some answers to your questions...

Ok. So you need more calcium in there. But we already suspected that from the tiles falling off. 220ppm is your minimum there, so shoot for 300ppm so you can backwash a few times without dropping below. TA looks a little high, but not unmanageable... Did you remember to wipe the tip of the...

That looks perfect. In a vinyl pool, too high of ch can contribute to scaling in the heater, too low doesnt really cause any problems. If your ph and ta are super low, having high calcium can make your pool 'less' corrosive, but that won't be a problem because your won't let your ph get too...

Wait until your pool is perfectly clear, and until you come back. Ascorbic Acid treatment will need you to keep a close eye on the pool for quite a while afterwards. Sounds like your algae is dead and you're just waiting for the filter to clear it up. If you haven't done so, now is the time to...

My completely non-law school advice, which is based on what my lawyer told me when I moved into a house with a pool... Don't scrimp on safety things like that. Pay for a good fence. Then you're covered for liability and moral purposes. If you try to cheap out or diy and something bad were to...

13 is your goal. 14 is okay. Anything above 14 backwash and restart.

You want to add enough to make the pressure go up by about 1psi... Start off with a backwash, note your clean pressure. Mix maybe a quarter cup with lots of water and pour it in the skimmer slowly. Check the pressure after a couple minutes and see if it went up by 1. If not, add a little more...

Hi Lynn, Cloudy water is a chemistry problem, not a filter problem. If your water is clear, running your pump less shouldn't make it cloud up as long as you are keeping your chemistry good, and your FC and cya in balance. If you're nervous, try turning it off overnight to start... You're...

3 is your minimum, so as long as what you do keeps it above 3 you're good. Id just remember to maybe dose to 6 or 7 if youre going to have heavy use, or a wind storm is going to blow stuff in or anything like that. If you decide to go up to 6, youll use marginally more chlorine overall, but...

If it was a 10ml sample, you should only need one heaped spoonful. If unsure, try adding a little extra and see if it darkens. a very light pink means very little chlorine.

I've been using the Xtremepower 1hp submersible stainless steel sump pump with a sump pump hose from Amazon. $70. Works way better than the smaller pumps you'll buy. Not sure how long it will last but it's already 2 years old and no problems.

For most tests, any time works. You can do them indoors in a bright room. (Bright White light works better for the color match ph test) The only exception is the cya test. That has to be done in full sun, outdoors, during the daytime.

You've been losing 1/3 of your chlorine every day (9 to 6). If you start at 24 and lose 1/3, you'll lose 8ppm the first day... 5.3 the second day, and so on. It won't quite be that much, since only chlorine lost to the sun will work that way. But with higher initial FC you should lose it much...

What's the water temperature?

Did you add chlorine as it was filling? Chlorine plus metally water will be instant green. Once you get the fas-dpd kit, perform an overnight chlorine loss test first. If you don't have algae, you should only lose about 1ppm FC overnight. Test right after sunset and, if possible, right before...

How soon after adding water did it turn green? I read your other posts and your water is only two days old and already very green. Where does your water come from? To me, this seems more like a metal issue, or maybe something else. If you have a pool store nearby, maybe bring a sample in and...

Please don't add the acid tonight. The ph test is invalid if your chlorine is above 10 and with a bright red Oto test, it likely is above 10. Your kit doesnt have a fas-dpd test. You can continue to test with the oto chlorine test you have and whenever it drops to 5ppm you can boost it back up...

If you are doing the fas-dpd FC test with the powder, don't bother doing the oto (yellow) Chlorine test. I assume you're in the middle of a slam? If so, you seem to be doing well. Since your cya is 50, you want to keep your FC above 20 until the slam criteria are met. (Clear water free of...

Depends on what he used: Copper based algaecide. Is actually fairly good at killing and preventing algae. But. It turns hair white and will stain your pool. Once it's in the water, you can't get it out without draining. So we never would recommend copper. Polyquat: 'poly (something) something'...

Unless you have a lot of water features (waterfalls, fountains, rooftop solar heaters) that you want to be able to run simultaneously, the 1hp will be enough... The 1.5 hp will just cost you 50% more to run.