I totally do!!! I cant wait to have less than 1 OCLT!! The neighbors will hear me doing the "WOOO-HOOO!!!!! THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE!! ( I hope they hear me at the pool store too he-he.) 
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Guess what my TFP friends????????????? I passed the OCLT. Yes thats right I passed!!!! 0 FC loss 0 CC. 
Im sooo happy I dont even really know what to say. Thanks again to all who helped me get my pool back!!
Im sooo happy I dont even really know what to say. Thanks again to all who helped me get my pool back!!
Congratulations! 
You did all the work 
....and I could hear you woo-hoo-ing all the way over here :-D
You did all the work ....and I could hear you woo-hoo-ing
all the way over here :-D
Jodyliebing, my apologies in advance because I really hate to say this, but, ah.....
TOLD YA! :-D
TOLD YA! :-D
WELL WELL, I wondered when I would get a reply from the "Great Canadian" Yes you absolutely did tell me AND you were absolutely correct!!! Couldnt have done it without you, THANKS AGAIN!!BTW if your ever in the area stop by and we will have a beer poolside 
Now if you will excuse me I am going outside to admire my pool.
Now if you will excuse me I am going outside to admire my pool.
ok, NEXT... Backwashed again brushed the pool and swept. I added about 3 inches of water just to top off and also bring chlorine levels down a bit. Before the SLAM my ph came in at 7.5 and TA around 200. After adding the water I lost a bit of my sparkle at the deep end. Maybe from the hard water? So my question is , do I need some metal & stain control due to the well water or should I just leave well enough alone for now. ( I have vowed not to do anything I am unsure about untill I post )
I'm a firm believer in if it ain't broke don't fix it. Why do you think you have a metals problem? Do you have stains? Cloudy water isn't necessarily a metals problem with as much water as you added.
Run a full set of tests and post here. We can help...
I would not address metals by adding anything until you have proven you have a metals issue.
I would not address metals by adding anything until you have proven you have a metals issue.
ok. The chlorine is still pretty high at 22 (just tested) do i need to wait untill they come done to get accurate results on TA & PH? I guess I thought metals could be a problem because my hardness test levels were around 200 which I thought may be coming from using well water to top off the pool. If Im not on the right path with that thinking by all means let me know.
BTW, Its not extremely cloudy by no means, I just got use to the crazy sparkle. (I guess i want perfection now!!)
BTW, Its not extremely cloudy by no means, I just got use to the crazy sparkle. (I guess i want perfection now!!)
Do you have any deposits that form in your bathroom around the sinks, drains, or in the toilets? If so, sometimes that will help you determine if you have metals issues.
I know the water district here needs to provide a test report each year that lists the results of their testing but it is at a single point in the system and may not match your local results. If they have high metals in that report, I would start there in your testing.
I know the water district here needs to provide a test report each year that lists the results of their testing but it is at a single point in the system and may not match your local results. If they have high metals in that report, I would start there in your testing.
and who would I contact for that? Did I mention we are on a well? We use a water softner so no I dont notice anything like that .
well? I guess I missed that... That will teach me to read so many threads in a day.
Based on what I read here, if you don't have metal stains or deposits in high consumption areas like faucets and toilets, then you don't normally need to be concerned about it in your pool.
Based on what I read here, if you don't have metal stains or deposits in high consumption areas like faucets and toilets, then you don't normally need to be concerned about it in your pool.
well good then!! Maybe still possible that it may have clouded the water a bit though?? So should I wait till my chlorine comes down to post numbers?
The only one affected by a high FC is the pH, IIRC.
I have a simple life with my vinyl AG pool, the levels stay solid and I don't have high CA or metals. I have only needed to add MA once this year.
I have a simple life with my vinyl AG pool, the levels stay solid and I don't have high CA or metals. I have only needed to add MA once this year.
ME AGAIN tested this morning
FC 17 CC O
PH 7.5
TA 200
CYA 70
CH 290
LOOKING GOOD!!! no cloudyness!! Any suggestions on how to lower that TA a bit??
tested this morningFC 17 CC O
PH 7.5
TA 200
CYA 70
CH 290
LOOKING GOOD!!! no cloudyness!! Any suggestions on how to lower that TA a bit??
Take a look at this for your TA pool-school/lowering%2520total%2520alkalinity
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