Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

Hello everyone. I stumbled upon this website recently and found a lot of great information. I'm still learning how to properly maintain my pool, and...

How long does Muriatic Acid last in its original gallon bottle? I have some that must be at least 3 yrs. old. Thanks.

I have tried everything. My pool water is clear but it looks green and cloudy. I shocked it, added sodium bromide to reduce PH. I emptied the pool...

My ph and chlorine test kit was purchased at Menards. I see the red shades of color for ph just fine, but I struggle to match the very subtle yellow...

I have always had a cartridge filter for my Hydro Force above ground pool. This year a friend gave us a Hayward Ultra-ProLx pump and a Hayward Pro...

First let me start by saying as a first time pool owner that the Poolsolutions.com site has been a HUGE help for me to get my solid green swamp pool...

Many color-blind people can use most of the tests in the Taylor K-2006 without problems. Color does is not usually a problem with the DPD-FAS test...

Is there a chart or guidelines to dosing borax? Like ____ amount of borax will raise the ph ______amount for every ____gallons of pool water. Have...

Hello, I recently purchased my first house which also has my first pool! Right now I am swamped in the learning curve of figuring out water...

With the amount of rain we get during the season, requiring pumping out excess water, I usually have to add CYA several times a season. Adding dry...

What test kit do I order? How do I determine gallon size of pool? After I get kit how do I know how much BBB to add?

I am planning on replacing my vinyl liner after 14 years, which obviously means replacing my water. I have had a Bromine pool since the start and...

What is the thought process concerning h2o2 vs chlorine. I just bought an Intex 9' x 18' rectangle pool. I have been reading that Hydrogen peroxide...

I joined the forum and then read the note at the very bottom of the "New Directions for PoolForum in 2018 (in revision)" page saying that this site...

I recently purchased a new 18 X 52 above ground pool, it came with a frog leap system. I am seeing much positive and much negative with this...

It appears there is a concern with the Canadian Government with "over" exposure to boric acid. There are no level indicated??? :confused:...

In what order to adjust these numbers? What are the targets that I'm working towards? My pool is a 25,000 gallon inground, sand filter. CyA...

Taylor has a number of fairly helpful videos on the K2006 -- but they are huge and hard to access. So, I put them on YouTube. Here they are: K2006...

My chlorine level is coming back at less than 0.5 ppm. The sample is pretty much clear after adding the OTO. And when using the Taylor kit with the...

Well, been so swamped with worked i'd taken the easy way out this year by using tri-chlor tabs instead of my usual bleach, and was still using 2 yr....

Hi all, I opened my pool about two weeks ago and am having a hard time clearing up the water. It looks milky green and I suspect it has something to...

In my last Thread about 2 weeks ago, I took my water from horrible green swamp water to mostly clear pool water. It went well. However.. There is...

I opened my pool this year to NO cya, as usual. What used to be a 2 pound bottle is now down to 1.45 pounds. I added with the sock method. How...

Hello All, I've seen lots of good threads regarding this subject. But, here's my issue/question. I had my pool replastered with an exposed...

I live in Syracuse NY and almost every year I open the my in ground L shaped pool it is a green mess. This year I decided to check it early before...

I have a midnight blue, 10,000 gallon, gunite pool that is 2 years old. It's had turned completely white or maybe I should say whiteish gray from...

Has anyone else reported that the "BleachCalc" program is not running on Win10 computer? I haven't run the program since upgrading from Win 7 to...

I used to test pool water with the Taylor 2005 but when I ran out of reagents I got the Taylor k 2006 to replace it. Most the test work the same...

I've been using my TAylor kit and my ph is avg 7.4-7.5 and cl is slowly dropping to 6 but the water smells bleachy. I do the BBB method. I've tested...

FAC = 0 TAC = 0 CALC. HARDNESS 220 CYA = 30 (SO I ADDED CHEM TO RAISE IT ABOVE 30) TOTAL ALK = 120 pH = 7.8 COPPER, IRON = 0 PHOSPHATES = 0...