Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

Hi all - I've had trouble with itching on the arms since last year, so this year I've decided to go as far as I need to in order to figure out what's...

Did my first tests today with my new Taylor K-2006C. I've used test strips for the last 4 summers. Do any of you veterans think these numbers look...

I ordered Ben's kit last year. Eventually I got a refund as it never arrived. What make and model complete test kit do you folks recommend, and where...

I was looking for mwsmiths2's calculator. I had it on my computer last summer and we had a "crash". Didn't worry to much about it because I knew I...

I have a basic Taylor test kit... PH and Chlorine/Bromine and i just recently purchased a swimline/hydro tools drop test kit. Now I was testing my...

Hello everyone - I've been neglecting my "baby" the last few months and am paying the price now. I had the following: -- high CH (525) and some...

Hello all, great to be back after winter! I have a Taylor kit for high/low chlorine levels. I lost the instructions, and can't remember from last...

for a Taylor 2006 2ozs reagents K-2006-C (as above, but with 2 oz reagents) $89.90 http://www.poolcenter.com/taylor_test_kits.htm

Tested the water on a new AG pool, no additives had been given yet. Can someone give me an idea as to what would be an acceptable starting point...

I always have testing reagents left over from year to year and I keep them in a controlled environment. I never know each year what is stable enough...

My pool, inground vinyl with heat pump heater, SWG and it's ~30k gallons, should be complete in a week or two. My PB is going to fill the pool...

Being that cya takes so long to dissolve how long should one wait after adding it to test the water?

Hi Took water sample to pool store for numbers check. Here they are: Free Chlorine: 3.0 good reading Total Chlorine: ...

Finally, relunctantly took a water sample in to the pool store. Their highly sophisticated test strip test showed: TA was low at 50ppm Combined...

Hi all, and to Ben, good luck and wish you well. I pass this site onto a lot of people, who to my knowledge feel so relieved when they see the vast...

I went to the page on PoolSolutions.com to order a test kit.... It says orders are not being accepted right now... so.... If I need a good test kit...

20 x 40 Vinyl IG Chlorinator (One of those big inline tubes that you put the pucks in) I am trying to Chlorinate using Bleach. Here are my...

I am getting ready to reclaim the swamp in my backyard that is my pool. I have spent the last 2 or 3 weeks scooping leaves out. My cover collapsed...

Week 2 of the new pool and things are going well. The BBB method/Best guess chart is simple and effective. My numbers are looking better as well: ...

Well my pool is now complete and they just started to fill my pool and I took some baseline measurements of the water going in. They were taken using...

Pool store test as follows:- hardness 220 adj tot alkalinity 96 tot alkalinity 110 pH 7.8 free cl 2 tot cl 2 CYA 45 tds 700

I always been a little puzzled by the seemingly inconsistent sizing of reagents in pool test kits, so decided to build a little spreadsheet to make...

I was wondering if I should stop using muriatic acid and see if my PH will stabilize at 7.6. Would this be a bad idea? Mine has been reading around...

Things are going well, water was crystal clear when I came home from work yesterday. Finally knocked PH down to about 7.8, new plaster had it...

where do I purchase one of the good test kits? Where and what kind? I have an above ground pool 15000 gallons.

Day 5 of the new pool, started BBB this morning, this evening my readings are: FC=4.5 CC=0 PH=7.6 CYA=20 TA=200 CH=200 Water is crystal...

Hello, Tested my water today and have the following results: TC - 2 CC - 0 FC - 2 pH - 7.8 Alk - 60 Cal - 400

My pool company acid washed the sides of the pool and then dumped in sodium bicarbonite to bring the ph down. I just checked my pool and ta is 250...

I was at my local Pool Warehouse. Talking with an employee, he suggested that I should test my salt level with salt strips. He stated that the...