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I use chlorine tabs (trichlor) in an autochlorinator sometimes to increase my CYA or chlorinate while I'm on vacation. I think I read somewhere that I shouldn't put cal hypo in the skimmer, because there is a risk that some of it will get to the autochlorinator where there may be traces of...

Great, I'll add half the recommended amount of Borax first, retest for PH and TA, and then go from there. I may also cut on my deck jets to see if the aeration will bring it up some. I tend to overshoot when adjusting my PH, then have to go get muriatic acid. Thanks!

I need to raise my PH and my TA. I have an in-ground vinyl, and use BBB almost exclusively. Does it matter whether I put in the Borax or Baking Soda first? I think I've heard that TA should be adjusted first, is it possible that if I raise my TA, my PH will come up some also just from adding...

Now that we are kicking back into high gear with the pool, I'm testing and see that my TA is 40. I remember last year I had to add stuff a few times because my TA drifts down. Is there a reason (other than to try to stabilize PH) that low TA is bad? I have a vinyl pool, with a heater that we...

Fantastic job Jason! I've been wanting an easy way to calculate how much cal-hypo to use while I'm trying to rid my pool of mustard algae.

I once had a grocery store clerk ask me if I was "cooking Meth"!! :shock: Like if I was, I'd tell him?

I used the borax, because I already had half a bag of baking soda to use for the TA, so I bought a box of borax to use for the PH. If I didn't already have the baking soda, I would have used washing soda to raise them both. A couple of days ago: FC 4 (I know, too low) CC 0 TC 4 PH 7.0 TA 50...

I test using a Taylor FAS-DPD drop kit. Tested a couple of days ago, and PH was low (7.0) and TA was low (50). I figured I would adjust my PH first, since low PH is bad for a liner pool, so I added borax. Now my PH is a little too high (8.0, overshot it a little), but since I need to get my...