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Your pool looks good in the first picture for sure, but if you follow the advice here, you will be amazed how clear your water really can be.

Take identical water samples to 2 different pool stores with digital analyzers........you’ll have your answer.

It’s a possibility. I guess some varieties of zeolite are extremely brittle and somewhat fragile. Pool store who talked me into the zeo suggested I cover the laterals with pea gravel, then reinstall the zeo. My complaint wasn’t their first.

I was talked into zeosand when I installed my pool and had the same issue. Do you have typical filter sand or one of the zeolite varieties? I recently changed to good old #20 silica and the sand on the floor disappeared.

I don’t have much expertise to add to your situation other than suggesting you use the 10ml rather than the 25ml sample for testing chlorine. It is accurate enough and will save a bunch of reagent. Each drop = .5ppm.

This is the crossroads of pool care. What the pool store sold you didn’t work, so their next step is to have you treat phosphates or TDS with some sort of clarifloccushockicide and then do the cya treatment again. Take the money you were going to give the pool store and buy a nice test kit as...

As a fitness swimmer, that is the pool of my dreams. Please get a good test kit.

Let ph be your metric for TA adjustments. 7.6 is near ideal.......I wouldn’t adjust just yet. Re: SWCG. The experts here can guide you in the right direction. Keep in mind product reviews for pool stuff contain A LOT of user error.

Stay calm......and swirl(your test samples) It’s really that easy......eventually. A pool is like a pet, a new pool is like a puppy. It takes a bit of effort and understanding initially to get your pool to respond how you want and you gain that understanding by frequent testing. I’m no expert...

So far Walmart has been my best source. Picked up a few gallons yesterday for $3.64. Very fresh.....just 6 days old!

Just to follow up: This was great advice. At this stage, I’ve not added any borates or salt and glad I didn’t. We’ve had so much rain that any adjuncts would have just been wasted. Been hitting my target levels consistently, getting to know my pool and the water is fantastic! Cheap pool +...

Thank you!

No, I’ve actually been pushing ph up a bit while using pucks. Switched to liquid 4 days ago so I’m anticipating a bit of ph rise. I(my wife) likes the water feel of the hot tub with borates, so I’ve been using them for about 5 years. New to this pool stuff, should I just wait a bit and see if...

Here’s my numbers: FC-7 CC-0 PH-7.4 TA-90 CH-150 CYA-30-40( I can never pinpoint this) Temp-82 I’ve never added boric acid to a pool, but have been putting it in my hot tub for years......usually with a TA of around 60. I have a Hasa Liquidator on the way. Should I wait to get that dialed in...