I wouldn't play around tonigh since the test needs to bed one in good sunlight with your back to the sun.
I hate you CYA!
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I can't wait til morning! Maybe this is the piece of the puzzle I was missing. Now that I think about it, it says slowly transfer, not drop by drop like everything else. Maybe it was having time to condense on me. I could only wish. It would kinda make sense at why my pool isn't an algae monster with a cya over 200 and FC around 4-7 range. Hmm.
Yes I queeze it in faster until I notice the dot start to fade, then queeze a little slower. Do it today in the sunlight with the sun to your back and tube waiste level and let us know where it is at.
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Be happy it is not an algae monster.
Could be a lot of reasons your pool isn't filled with algae. Cool water temperature, low phosphate level, residual copper in the water, etc. If it were me, I would call it luck and keep working on the CYA level in case that luck runs out.
As for your CYA level, if it is over 100 then the answer to the problem doesn't change. As you dilute it more the margin of error increases as well and with the test being very subjective to begin with you can start to see some wonky numbers that don't make sense. I have seen a lot of people bang their head over trying to get an exact CYA measurement when at the end of the day it really didn't affect their next step.
As for your CYA level, if it is over 100 then the answer to the problem doesn't change. As you dilute it more the margin of error increases as well and with the test being very subjective to begin with you can start to see some wonky numbers that don't make sense. I have seen a lot of people bang their head over trying to get an exact CYA measurement when at the end of the day it really didn't affect their next step.
I am draining more as we speak. Can't hurt. Waiting on the sun to come out for a good test after this refill.
Poor thing. Good luck with your drain! Hopefully you'll be getting there soon.
Keep up the CYA fight!
Keep up the CYA fight!
borjis
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Sadly no, we have seen some people with such high CYA that they probably could have bottled their pool water and sold it as liquid CYA
Bwahaha!! Thanks for that...made me laugh (seems kinda true lol). Good way to start the day.
Lalala... I think my labor with my son was faster than these refills...:blah::blah::blah:
Leslie's sells a Bio-Active Cyanuric Acid Reducer. I haven't tried it. Looked at the reviews, maybe worth trying.
Thanks! I'll investigate it. I did find that it is 10 bucks cheaper at www.poolsupplyworld.com and free shipping.
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azgirl, Richard, jbizzle... Heard of this?
We have had very mixed results on Bio-Active in the forum. Some it didn't work for at all, for most it worked but not as good as advertised. At this point, unless you are paying top dollar for water (such as areas with drought restrictions) it really isn't worth trying. Anyone that goes that route must remember to follow the directions EXACTLY as directed.
Some forum experiences:
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/90322-Bio-Active-Cyanuric-Acid-reducer-review
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/90994-Underwhelmed-by-Bio-Active-CYA-reducer
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/93134-BORJIS-Bio-Active-cya-reducer-trial
Some forum experiences:
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/90322-Bio-Active-Cyanuric-Acid-reducer-review
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/90994-Underwhelmed-by-Bio-Active-CYA-reducer
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/93134-BORJIS-Bio-Active-cya-reducer-trial
As Donaldson says it has mixed reviews. I would just keep replacing water if it were me.
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With the mixed reviews we cannot recommend using this.
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With the mixed reviews we cannot recommend using this.
I cannot remember the mixed reviews. I only remember that no one reported success in a meaningful way.
Duraleigh as usual, is right.
We have been keeping a sharp track on Bio Active and there has even been some interaction directly with the BioActive rep.
There is no reason to believe it will work as advertised.
We have been keeping a sharp track on Bio Active and there has even been some interaction directly with the BioActive rep.
There is no reason to believe it will work as advertised.
I dunno, I seem to recall nothing but glowing reviews by that guy with the BiOWiSH logo for an avatar
After a quick review you are right Duraleigh, I couldn't find one instance of it working exactly as the sales pitch said it would. The "mixed" I was thinking was the "well, it lowered my CYA so I guess it worked" reports.
I guess I should have said may not work as advertised instead of mixed reviews. I apologize.
No apology needed. There just hasn't been enough success for the forum to suggest it as a viable option at this point.
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