first pool

Brand new, first time pool owner in Southeastern Indiana. Wife and kids are very excited! Been feeling overwhelmed this week, but this site has been a godsend already. Thanks for that! Specs - Thursday Pools - Aspen 16'x40' (fiberglass) - 13,090 gallons (appx.) Pentair system - CC150...

This is my first pool ever. Intext above ground 18x9 4500 gallons. sand filter, chlorine city water have been reading everything here! did first round of tests. FC 0 (color didn't change at all) PH 7.2 TA 140 I don't see a test in my kit for CYA and I don't think I need to test for CH, or CSI...

So happy for our first summer with a pool, BUT cloudy water. Here is the cycle: me “ugh, the water is cloudy,” my husband “the pool store said its perfect.” After multiple rounds of this, my husband gets out the clarifier. Still cloudy. Crystal clear water only is seen after flocking, but not...

First test complete but I think I did something wrong , this is new fill from tap water ( city water ) 8650 gal pool vinyl liner Using TF-100 test kit TC 0 PH 8.2 FC 0 TA 680 CYA 0 So I know I must address CYA first but is my TA way wrong ? Looks off the chart to me . What do I do about it ...

Hello I have recently purchased the Taylor Technologies K-2006 test kit and ran some tests on my pool water. The results came back as follows: CYA: less than 30 ppm FC: 0.2 ppm PH: 7.8 TA: 60 ppm Calcium hardness: 70 ppm Having read through some of the threads on this forum I came to the...