Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

I've had a 27' AG pool for 7 years. I have followed advice on Pool Forum for about 5 years. However I am more confused about pH and Alkalinity than...

I have a Taylor K-2006 test kit with the CYA test that instructs to stop adding reagent when the black dot disappears. For me that seems to be a...

Hi, I have a swg pool. It is an in-ground pool (gunite). I had the Autopilot Digital installed. I did a search in this forum and could not find...

After a little algae problem, these are my current numbers. I'm specifically wondering about the TA and CH. FC .6 (just added 96 oz of bleach) CC...

Hi, My pool numbers are usually good (since I found this site - thanks!!), but a combination of a few days away on vacation and a LOT of rain...

I just bought a new bottle of the fas-dpd powder for my 234 test kit. I purchased the number indicated in the cross reference chart in the sticky...

Help !!!!!!!! Please taylor Test kit k-2005 Took readings today need some help with the Chlorine Part anyways !! When I test add drops to get...

I tested my pool yesterday after a long trip. FC - 0 CC - 0 TC - 0 Ph - 7.0 TA - 140 CH - 120 CYA - ??? I couldn't get the black dot to go...

Does anyone have experience with LaMotte's new ColorQ water test system. It is a colorimeter system vice test strips and uses liquid regents, and...

I believe the amount of Borax I need to add in order to raise my pH depends on: - the amount of water I have - the difference between the current...

I have been using the AquaChek borate test strips for a while now. They are a little difficult to determine the color at the higher levels of...

Hi, I have a 70,000 gallon inground pool. My ph is 7.2 fc 9.8 tc is 9.8 hardness `190 alk 120 cynaric acid 120 I am not sure how...

Lately I've been having a high PH condition. I figured it might be due to having to push my SWCG to 72% output. I kind of had a suspicion about the...

Sorry if this is kind of a silly question, but could someone please tell me what I should keep all of my numbers at in a fiberglass pool? I have a...

It's not that I have an abundant amount of free time or try to push the BBB method on anyone but when they ask, I try to explain. I've been helping a...

Left my PS-232 with the new owner of my old house in Maryland. Found new home and (in 3 months) new pool in Arizona. Since Ben is apparently...

Yesterday (7/18), I added 6lbs of Leslie CaCl (casting it over the deep end) to raise my CH hardness back above 200ppm. I did this two days AFTER of...

These are the results I just got back from the Pool Store. FC 2.4 TC 3.2 CC 0.8 TA 131 pH 7.6 CYA 47 This is after adding 4# of CYA and...

Has anyone ever had a stamped concrete patio installed nearby an existing pool? We had a little algae before the pour (they cut the power wire to...

My Alk is running 140 and I am having to add acid more than I use too , should I bother with the aeration to lower it or live with it ? da...

I have a regular taylor chlorine test that measures up to 5ppm that I have been using for awhile. I received in the mail a new fas-dpd chlorine test...

Hi I used to be a regular contributor to this forum (The old software 3 years ago) and I have been away for a while. I have a question for the pros...

Can someone please tell me what I should do? I'm new to the BBB method and I have an 18 x 38 ABG with a 6.5 deep end. We started with new water about...

Help! I am fairly new at this! I have 24 foot round Intex metal frame pool with vinyl liner, 52 inches deep. the other night my ph was high so I...

I live in the Toronto Ontario area and went to two seperate pool stores for water testing last night and reiceived very different results. Pool...

I went to my local Home Depot today to pick up some Muriatic Acid. I think I recalled finding it in the paint section last year. I asked a...

i've been working on getting my pH down from 7.5 today when i measured, using bio-lab inc phenol red drops, the color matched the 7.2 orange....

First, let me just say that our pool was finished in early June, is gunite, and has a SWC. I usually only test for FC and ph (since this pool still...

Hi, I ordered the Lamotte color-q and used it last night. all worked fine and my numbers were 30K gunite pool water temp 78 PH 7.5 ALK 67 CH...

My chlorine is super high and I only have the Walmart 6-way test kit where the chlorine only goes up to a "5". So I was going to try the dilution...