Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

I just received my first full featured test kit. It's a Taylor K-2006. Prior to this I was just using the small kits that measured free chlorine, Ph...

I have an odd "problem" (??? not sure if I can call it that). After I cleared up my medium green water at opening (rather easily I may add), I was...

I've been battling green algee all spring, I bump my cl up to 15ppm with bleech every night, CYA is 32 cl is 5 right now. I have read that no matter...

I have a 30' above ground pool. I want to be able to test my CYA levels and also Combined, Free and Total chlorine levels. I have several kits...

I'm trying to keep chlorine levels at 12ppm to clear up algae. The test kit doesnt go that high. Am I missing something? How do I test to make sure...

I just installed a new liner and I'm filling the pool with well water. I know there is a lot of rust, but it's all I can do at this point. When the...

I have a 25,000 vinyl pool that is about half empty. I'm trying to lower my cya and currently it is reading 140. If I fill the pool up now will...

I am clueless with BBB and this is our first year with our pool. It is filled and everything is bought, just not sure how much to put in Round...

Hey guys, I'm anticipating finishing my 18x33 above ground pool tomorrow and filling it the next day... I'm just curious if you could advise me as to...

Hi. Need your brains again! Accidentally lowered my 7.8-ish ph to something that looks like 7 or 7.2. (FC 3.5) Should I leave it alone & let it...

i just opened the pool yesterday and found about 200 dead worms and a couple of other dead critters at the bottom. despite the dead stuff the water...

I have some questions about conducting a Taylor CYA test (with the disappearing black dot.) After waiting more than 30 seconds but no longer than...

Ok here we go have 2-bottles of cya 1.75 lbs each. have some floating pucks and here are my numbers fc-0 cc-0.5 alk-80 ph-7.2 cya-0 with the...

We just took the cover off 2 nights ago. Did preliminary tests before we added water to fill her up and be able to run the pump. We added chlorine...

Hi all! I'm baaaaaaaaccckkkkk.....LOL! We just uncovered after our first winter with a pool. At first I was scared because the bottom was green...

I have a 20000 gal AG vinyl liner pool w/ a sand filter. My water was clear when removing the cover. However some of the yucky stuff from the cover...

Whats the real way of adding cya 17000 gal av ground sand filter. dont want to od on this stuff. pool guy said 2-bottles in bucket mix let sit, then...

When adding CYA, say 50 ppm, how much will the water pH decrease?

My numbers: FC = 0 CC = .5 (actually a bit more, but not quite 1.0) PH = 7.2 TA = 130 CYA = 0 Unfortunately, I have a slight algae bloom as...

Opened yesterday, had dead algae and other debris on bottom of pool, FC was 1 and CC was 0.5, pH 7.0, TA 80, CA 110, CYA 45, water temp 70. Had to...

Without a weight scale, how do you determine how much acid or borax to add to change the pH some amount? Same for baking soda to adjust TA. I read...

Well we got the spa up and running. It's an inground fiberglass and it was filled by city/house water. Intial pH was 7.2 and Cl was 1.4 ppm. I was...

I'm learning a lot about water chemistry thanks to all of you but have a few general questions. If my FC holds at 5 for three days with a CYA of...

Hey Gang, I'm back from last year. I just put my pool back up, filled it up, and added my bleach. My CYA is below 30...probably 0 as it was...

I have one of those blue box test kits from Wal-Mart that I got last year. Breaking that kit out this year, I have somehow lost the little sheet of...

I just had my water tested at Leslies, but I am going to test it myself in a little while. The guys at Leslies were no help... "Do you sell anything...

Can you test for bromine with a Taylor K1515-A chlorine FAS-DPD kit? What procedure would you follow?

Are those digital PH testers you find on Ebay worth it?? PH seems to be the only thing I need to test regularly lately and I was just trying to make...

I need help with my first test of season. Last year was our 1st full season using the BBB method. We were amazed at how easy, inexpensive and how...

Hi, Wow it's been a long winter!!! This is the first time I've been back here since last fall. Missed it here!!! So we started up our pool 2...