Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

Greetings! My name is Nick, I'm from Montreal. I just moved in a house (bought) in late fall; so I became the owner of an older vinyl in-ground...

Is shocking necessary on a weekly basis if things seem to be ok? Our pool is covered with a solar cover as the pool for the next week or two will...

I got the Taylor K-2006 test kit this season (first time pool owner) and from day 1 the R-0870 powder has had a good bit of large-ish crystals in it....

Opened pool 2 weeks ago. Went to local pool store had water tested. Added Calcium, ph down iron out and then chlorine (that was 2 weeks ago. Couldn't...

(Sorry for the long post. If you want to skip the background info and get to the heart of my question, skip to the bolded section.) Years ago I...

Here are my numbers. Current state of the pool is clear but slightly cloudy. FC: 4 CC: .5 CYA: less than 30 (couldnt get the dot to disappear,...

We had a pool from the early 80s till the mid 90s. I was able to keep the water very nice for the most part, despite being clueless. My success was...

Hi all, Moved into a new house and I'm now a proud first-time (salt water chlorine generator equipped) pool owner. We had a pool shop open it for...

Hi, I still have ben's kit, most with original chems. The powder has turned dark, starting to run out of some of the chems, and I see that the...

I just got back from the pool store to check my water chemistry and I was told my phosphate level is too high at 2500 ppb. I never had this problem...

I'm currently using a Taylor kit (K-1720; 20-100ppm range). It uses a 15ml water sample size and requires 15ml of reagent (R-0013) for each test. ...

Hope everyone is doing well! Everything here is fine......but my cya. When I first opened the pool it was fine at around 50. I ran out of the...

Does CYA deteriorate during the summer or is the only way to lower it is by dilution?

Its always good to find another authoritative web site for pool maintenance! I've been through the pool store jungle of mystery potions which don't...

I ordered the recommended test kit and it finally arrived today. We had the pool installed and closed last fall. I opened it last week and have...

I had a post running on dealing with suspected mustard algae a few weeks back. My water has been pretty clear since and I'm gradually dropping the...

I am having an issue keeping chlorine in my pool even after shocking to above 20 it is gone the next day. I normally use bleach as my chlorine. I...

Hello everyone, this is my first post and I apologize in advance for all of the questions ... I recently purchased a home that had been neglected...

My pool got swampy on me over the end of the winter because the motor on my 1-HP Whisper-Flo crapped out and I didn't have time to fix it. I was...

I am new to the site so I'm sure this has been asked before but must I replace my test kit each year? It seems like such a waste when only less than...

Latest battery of tests reads as follows: FC: 5 CC: 0 pH: see below TA: 60 CH: 350 CYA: 50 Borates: 50 Salt: 800

Hi there, My neighbor has a yellow pool. It turned yellow after adding acid -he added 6 gallons of muratic acid to a 33 ft. above ground pool,...

I have a Taylor 2006c test kit coming, but won't be here until the end of the week. In the meantime, I am using a drop test kit I fot from Walmart. ...

I only found the Forum a few weeks ago when we had a disaster on our hands when we opened the pool (complete with algae, tadpoles and frogs). We...

I have been fighting with my pool since we opened it. I got some good advise from this board, bought a good test kit, got the pool all pretty then...

I opened Tuesday afternoon. Added 14lbs. Cal Hypo and nothing else. Waited. Today, Friday, tested and cleaned the pool. FC:8.5 CC:0 PH:7.2...

Well we are a few days away from having a hole in red clay to having a pool. Quick question - we are having water delivered - I have a private...

Hey this may be a dumb question, sorry. But anyway I removed my diving board per wife request. I had two large wassp nest underneth. Choosing either...

Okay - so I dug around --- found the POOL CALCULATOR (HOORAY) --- and believe that with everything else in balance (except for the TC) I'll be good...

Hello everyone. this is our first swimming pool, we have a 24 ft x 4 ft deep above ground. My question is it came with a 3 way test strips, my...