Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

We've been 'shocking' our water for the last week (it wasn't covered and got swampy) and it's in pretty good shape right now except for the PH. It...

I opened up my 30k gal inground pool this week and this is what I found: FC 0.5 CC 5.0 pH 7.6 TA 180 Ca 350 CYA (don't have any more reagent...

Opened the pool this week and found crystal clear water. What a pleasant surprise. I took a sample to the pool store yesterday and then ran my own...

Last week I was sitting at: PH: 7.5 TA: 80 It rained about .5 inches last night and now: PH: 6.8-7.0 TA: 40 Both tests were done very...

I seem to have made a mistake and not titled my last thread. Here is the info. again. Well, the temps were in the upper 70's up here in NH today...

Hey guys. After a couple solid years of frustration I found the forum, read the faqs, studied the archives, and am beginning to get a grasp for the...

Hi I have 26800 gallon, SWG vinyl pool. Testing at pool store readings are PH 6.9 TA 73 and Total Hardiness 86 How much Borax do I need?...

Pulled the cover off my pool about a week ago to find a green mess. I dumped bleach in to kill the algae. For the first week I kept the chlorine...

I need some help on my PH testing chemical. Lats year I bought at Taylor kit and the PH vial had the number 14 on it. I went to the pool store to get...

This is our 4th season with our gunite plaster pool. I have continuing problems fighting a rising PH. When we opened the pool last season, we had...

We've just started working on our water quality last Saturday and we shocked the you know what out of it for a week. The FC is off the chart, but the...

Ok quick recap of my pool, inground concrete pool. After trying to open the pool for the last 2 weeks, the water in samples is clear but the pool is...

A while back I read somewhere that your PH level could cause vinyl liners to be overly tight or loose and cause wrinkles but I don't remember the...

I took off the leaf net last week. Clear water with debris on the bottom. These were the test results upon opening: FC 2ppm CC 0 Cya was 0 ...

This will be our 2nd season with the pool, I'm pretty excited. This winter was uneventful---I don't close my pool because I'm in Southern Arizona....

What is the downside of having too much stabilizer in the pool. What PPM would be the absolute upper limit. calcutta

We have an IG gunite ~ 12k gal pool. Resurfaced last year, had some splotching and calcium build up, so we just had it acid washed. We are refilling...

Normally my pool runs on the high-side with ph; typically 7.8-8. I do my acid thing on Weds and Sats usually needing about 20 oz to keep the pool at...

OK - Janet said it was OK to post so here I go: Have a new (2002 Sundance Optima) spa that I turned in service last week. I have rural well water...

Dear Moderator - You can toss this if you like... but... I have loved this forum for about four years now. Helps me keep my small AG pool running...

Hi everyone, According to the company that makes my chlorine generator (Pool Pilot), when Phosphates get over 1000ppm, the cell will no longer...

I have vacuumed the sand a couple of times now (not back into the filter) and it comes back. I am pretty sure this is a sandfilter issue. However, my...

There have been several threads talking about various products being offered as CYA removers or reducers and has been discussed at the following...

Our AG already is 'swampy' because of vacation and so much heat lately that I've been struggling big time with algae. What do I need to do to just...

Just got Taylor DPD power refill and it has a blue scoop that seems about half the size of the one I got in the kit. How much of the DPD power ...

I have 24ft ag vinyl pool, about 12000 gallons. I have an algae problem so I am shocking the pool. But before I started, I was surprised to see...

I'm using the Taylor K-2006 and get these results: FC - 3 CC - 0 PH - 7.6 TA - 180 Ca - 240 Cya - probably 20 (test shows < 30) 23,000...

Greetings, Having problems getting my Ph to come up just a bit. I've been consistently adding Borax but I'm stuck at 7.2. Although that's not a...