ph level

Hey all. New to this world. Looking for some guidance given what I believe to be skewed test results. Please be patient with me. I just received my TF-Pro yesterday evening and started testing right away. I am a new homeowner that came with an older pool and questionable maintenance. A bit...

Greetings! I've been following the advice from TFP to maintain my pool for a few month now. It's been working great. The only parameter that's off is CH--it's been hovering around 240ppm or so. In the attempt to raise CH, I purchased CH increaser here Amazon.com (it says it's 100% Calcium...

I'm new to pools, but the TFP method is going great so far! The typical numbers for my above ground 3800 gal (aww so cute!) vinyl pool are: pH 7.2 when cover has been on for a while pH 7.6 at the end of the day if there has been some splashing by the kids. The bubble solar cover goes on pretty...

I am so glad this forum is here.... it's given me the confidence to start to try and get my head around my pool. The idea that my store and the builder gave me that its as easy as: 1. Dipping a strip in the water and looking for colour matches is an idea long gone!!! Those strips are illusions...

Hi, After owning the pool for several years, I thought I know it all but apparently I got things wrong. Long story short, we've been having out of control algae due to very high CYA (129) so we did as suggested by replace more than half of our pool water with fresh water and shock while doing...

New user and first time pool owner here, sorry if this is the wrong place to post! We opened a pool a bit late and the pool was pretty green. I'm assuming FC level to be 0 due to the algae. I bought the tf100 test kit and we tested TA, CYA and pH last night. Vinyl pool, ~32K gallons TA 160...

Hello there, I have a Taylor test kit 2006-c, and I have a question about PH testing. So this morning I did my initial testing and my PH was at 7.8-8.0ish, and I added 4 drops of the acid regent to drop it to 7.4 ish and added my acid dosage to my pool. I ran my pump for 2 hours and...

I have a 17,500 gallon Gunite chlorine pool that was finished in October of 2020 (Central Texas). It has an attached spa with overflow waterfall and a heater. I’ve been using the TFT-100 to test and manage chemicals myself for the past couple of months. I have the pH probe (calibrated) that...

Hello Community! First, I would like to thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. I appreciate having these forums as a resource and have done extensive research and reading while on my quest to conquer a recurring issue I'm having. Thank you in advance for your helpful comments and...

Hello, there! I'm new to this forum, so bear with me here. We've got a small hot tub, 500 gal. We've newly switched over to Bromine from baquacil (because baquacil sucks), but we plan to ultimately do Chlorine. Regardless, I've gotten a Taylor K2006 kit. As most hot tubs go, the pH is...

Hello all, I am using 10% liquid chlorine for sanitation and I add it every week and since my pH (7.8) and TA (125) is higher than I would like I also add 14.5% muriatic acid to bring those down. I thought that I would only had to add acid once and when my pH and TA levels were to a desirable...

Hello, I am new to TFP and have been reading and learning a lot this last could of weeks. Some background on the last few weeks. And I now know do not take the advice from the pool store who keep selling me chemicals that are not helping...Having said that, I went to the pool store to test my...

We just got a 10' x 30" above ground easy set pool. We added chlorine and sodium bicarbonate then tested the water with the 2 in 1 test kit (The one with the red drops) the results were CL 1.5, BR 3.4, pH 6.8. How much more sodium bicarbonate do I need to add to increase the pH from 6.8 to 7.6...