Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

Two weeks into the start-up process. Household bleach (dollar store) only 13 gal used. Water cloudy but otherwise colorless. Water temp has to...

My old PS-200 kit seemd to be giving quite different free chlorine results than the Taylor 2006 kit I bought last July. So I bought a new HTH 3-way...

Hello comrades, THis is my second year coming back to this forum. The wisdom that fellow members here shared with me helped greatly last year,...

so today was the first day we have actually used the pool this year here in FL. yeah its FL and hot but i dont have a heater and the water has ( in...

Here are my opening numbers...This is my first season using this method. My pool is very green. Right now I have the pump/filter running until...

So about 24 hours before the power went out, I went ahead and spiked the pool with bleach just figuring I would lose power for a while. I was out...

I was able to use the fantastic advice learned here last summer to turn my slimy, green pond into a sparkling, clean swimming pool. I gradually got...

Honestly, I've pretty much ignored my pool over the winter, dumping bleach into now and then. After we refilled our pool last summer the CYA was...

So my first post was here: http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?19483-New-Owner-First-Pool-and-Results-of-my-First-K-2006-Test-Treatment I...

New to the pool thing. I have a fiberglass pool, and the install company recommended a product called " E-Z Pool ". Its a granular additive (...

I remember that there was a thread debating this (before I got my pool) but I cannot find it. Since I am closing the pool today I wanted to be sure...

Total Hardness:500 Total Chlorine:0 Free Chlorine:0 PH:6.8 TA: 180 Cyanuric Acid: 150 I have an underground concrete pool with 4000gallons. ...

My pool was relpastered about 45 days ago. I have been using a new Taylor K-2006. Over the past 10 days, the TA has been 80, CYA is 35, FC ranges...

hi guys, here are my test results FC 66 ppm, CC 0 ppm, PH 8.0, TA 90 ppm, CYA 0... 26,000 gals. water clear and bright I live in northern ca. and...

Gave the pool a good vacuum today. Levels are: FC 3.5 CC 0 PH 7.8 ALK 80 CYA 50 According to the pool calculator I'm going to add 3.5 gallons of...

Hi, I have a question. I checked my pool on Saturday 9/08/12. MY results were FC 6, CC 0 PH 7.3, CYA 55. The solar cover has been on. I added 6 cups...

My neighbor and I share in the responsibility for our respective pools when one of us is gone on vacation or away from the house for a few days or a...

It's too cold to swim here now, so I've decided to take a shot at getting off soft swim NOW rather than in the spring. Just ordered the 2006 test...

Early this season my pH was a little low so I added 1 4LB box of borax. It moved from about 7.0ish to 7.6. I was happy. But continuing over...

Hi Guys I am a new owner of above ground 15x30 oval vogue zenith. My most recent k2006 readings are: ph 7.2 free cl 2.2 cc .2 alk 100 cal hard...

I have Soft Swim. Can I follow these steps outlined for Baquacil? http://poolsolutions.com/gd/convert-baquacil-pool-to-chlorine.html

I can add bleach to my pool and the reading is very high and check it 3 hour later and the chlorine is down to .5 why, some sun and outside temp. Is...

Why is every thing in liters in the cal. Form

Our PH has been reading 6.8 or possibly lower(using test strips) for quite some time. We periodically used baking soda to try to raise it without...

Hi this is my first real post so bear with me, I'm a real noob. FC 4.2 CC .4 Ph 7.6 ALK 100 Calcimum 220 CYA ...

Hi y'all, We got 4 inches of rain two nights ago so I am currently getting my pool chemistry back to perfect. We have been working to lower the...

Guys and Gals. The CYA in my pool was testing at around 120-150 (the taylor test kit only goes to 100). I did not want to be putting in vast amounts...

Hello to all, ive been trying to get my chlorine to stabilize with no success yet. I have added 4 lbs of stabilzer, inn two pound intervals around 3...

We've had alot of rain the past couple weeks and have had to pump water out of the pool several times, so I knew I needed to test everything to see...

I have a 30,000 gal in ground pool with a SWG. It is about 8 years old. My robotic cleaner is constantly getting gummed up with white stuff. It is...