Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

I read the BBB , and the 'Best Guess,' Do I go by My newly purchased Taylor Kit for recommendations for Alkalinity, PH, and CYA? Does anyone...

And I am overwhelmed! Wow! Testing chlorine looks so complicated. I am sure to be back with questions.

MHi everyone. For the past 2 years I've been taking care of inlaws pool. Father in law had passed away, mother inlaw worrks full time, and brother...

A local "pool school" instructor stated in a class that you should run your filter pump during the day (assuming you are not running it 24 hrs) and...

I ordered the kit through the link in some of the Mods signatures. Reading through some of the other threads today I noticed you guys were...

Hello all, I've been reading the forums for about three years and finally decided to register. The information here has been very helpful and...

I have been reading the site for several days, to fast become knowledgable about AG pools. We are installing a 30ft, this week and I have become...

I am installing an aluminum above ground, 26' pool and I would like to reduce the chlorine used to clean the pool. I thought salt water would be a...

This is a 25-year old 18k gallon pool, upgraded two years ago with a VERY dark Pebbletec finish and salt water system. We are getting a lot of scale...

Im trying to lower my cya that is currently 100ppm. I dropped my pool about 11''. Its 18X36 grecian stated at 16,500gl. Any guess how much water i...

Have cloudy water. Do I shock at the plus sign dosage or not? What is the difference?

my little aqua chem test kit wont read stabilizer level at all....i can fill the tube all the way up i still see the black dot. my ph is fine...

I just want to say that you guys are so good at what you guys do. And my pump is working fine now. Now I have a dilemma well some questions I need to...

would the addition of freash city water raise ph ? i added about a inch in a 21' 52" deep pool ph went from a cosistant 7.4-7.5 to 7.8-8.0 before...

I found this chart on a Website and thought it might come in handy: http://www.alswaterservices.com/poolestimate.htm

I recently found this forum and have been doing the BBB method since we opened the pool this spring. So far everything is going well. I just saw a...

I have about 27,000 gallons and my ph is off the chart,i have some acid from a motorcycle battery i never used any ideas on how much to start with?...

Hello all from Southern Ontario, My wife and I bought a house with a pool a month ago. Pool is a round, in-ground concrete job. The rumor in the...

I have my two younger kids test our new pool using a simple OTO kit. Since I got my Taylor K-2006 kit, I've learned that the OTO kit for chlorine...

So my pool has been looking fantastic. My latest issues is trying to lower my TA and raise my pH at the same time. I tested with my k6000 and got...

We have had our pool for a month now, so I am still learning... I am having a small problem with TA and PH, my PH stays at about 7.8 according to...

OK, So I ended up buying the sand filter and installed. The pool is about 18,000 gallons or 22,000 gallons depending on what calculator I use to...

Hi, after pool painting we refilled 37K gunite pool, tested using ben's test kit: fc - .5 cc - .5 tc - 1 ph 6.8 alk 30 cal 30

I recently took a sample of water to a Pool store to be tested for CYA levels (and Salt) where I was told the CYA reading was 25. I bought a 1.5...

Based on the my Taylor test kit, my TA is low (50) and after putting values into the pool calculator with a TA target of 100, the calculator advises...

I came across this about 2 or 3 years ago. http://www.poolcalculator.com/ Originally thought it was from the Pool Forum or PoolSolutions but think...

I have checked all the links for the Taylor K-2006 test kits and none ship to Canada. Any ideas where I could look to get one to Canada? Checked...

I cant find any instructions on how to do it. Also, I think I can count the boxes of borax ive used already. Ive been using them for years so I do I...