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Phenol red is the indicator reagent used in all pool pH tests -- drops and strips. It's quite reliable, but it has a weakness: if the chlorine is too...
I lowered the water 1 foot and it got down to 1.5 ppm of copper from 2.5 due to the several weeks of rain. I put in some chemicals.. which I should...
I may have place my initial question on the wrong forum, so I thought I would repeat my request as related to pool water chemistry instead of a...
Had a 2+ year break, as the new place had no pool. We're now back on the market and will either buy a house w/pool or have one built again. Those...
Hey guys, This is only my second post here. I had a gunite pool installed last year. I am getting ready to start it up for the summer. It's been...
We left the pool open over the winter not really maintaining the water, just keeping the leaves out. It looks pretty good...a little cloudy... but I...
Was wondering if extremely cold water affects our test results for chlorine and ph. I do not cover my pool and my water looks a tad cloudy. My CYA...
Hello, I just purchased a house with a concrete pool. It's a little odd shaped kind of kidney shaped but not quite with a hot tub that overflows to...
I tested my water today and the Taylor K-2006 gave me a reading of 6.2 for FC free chlorine. I have an old cheapie 5 bottle test kit and also a new...
So have been in this house for a month, new pool owner. Hard water here in tucson. Monitoring with guess strips, shocking once a week or so. Seemed...
So as a guest, I took advice given here and went to Walmart and purchased a HTH-6 titration kit and dumped my strips. I am having recurrent issues...
Hi All, I just had my pool recoped and tiled. The contractor also acid washed the plaster upon completions. Looks like a neew pool. I am having...
I have had perfect clear water all summer. The numbers were all good. The only thing high was my ph 8.0-8.2 Two weeks ago added muriatic acid and...
Good afternoon! We got our new 24' above ground almost 2 weeks ago. So far so good...the water is pretty balance (alkalinity is high) and the water...
I had to shock my AG 18x34 yesterday, it started to get a little cloudy. Definitely made a difference. FC is at 14ppm, how long will it take to...
Ok I asked for testing bleach and I got an answer from Watermom and according to Anna .....Goes as follows 1.10 ml of bleach to 1 liter water 2.Mix...
Hi all, long time no talk :) All has been going good so far with my pool maintenance, but for some reason my water is looking a bit cloudy this...
I came across the CYA test comments using 1/2 pool water and 1/2 water with no CYA. I have been interpreting the results using my test kit to be...
My Endless Pool is running (finally). Their manual recommends the following levels (we are using the Nature2 system): TA - 100 ppm CH - 180 ppm...
My local pool store just started carrying the complete Taylor K2006 kit and replacements for all the reagents because, get this, the DOH (Washington...
We just had a 16x32 inground Salt pool with a 3 foot shallow end sloping to 8 foot deep end installed the first week of June. I have tried to learn...
We will be going on vacation for about 9 days. The question: Should we put a couple gallons extra of bleach in before leaving and some chlorines tabs...
pH is 7.8 Chlorine is low at 2.5 ppm (I added chlorine). Vinyl lined AG pool. What else should I test for?
My pool has been open for less than a week and here are the latest results; haven't actually tested CYA yet Pool renovation post is here;...
I have an AG 18x34 and the water is getting slightly cloudy. Not sure if I should shock or what. Any ideas. Water readings from K-2006 Chlorine...
Had to do some cleaning up due to a pool leak. Leak is fixed but stabilizer is on 20 maybe because 2006 wont go lower. I guess add more stabilizer...
I finally am trying to break my connection to the local pool store, even though they are really nice people. Pool is 4 yr old vinyl 17200 gallon...
The last couple visits to the two local pool stores in my area has just about convinced me to never go back. Store 1 is local family owned. Store 2...
Been fighting algae for 8 years. So here I am to try the BBB. I did the phosphate thing, worked ok but very expensive. Did just about everything in...
I want to start testing my water with a liquid testing kit instead of dipsticks. Supposedly they are more accurate? What is the best kit to buy?
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