Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

We just had a pool installed today and filled. It is an above ground 24' round and 4.5' deep(13,500 gallons) I have been reading the site for a...

Hello everyone, Glad I found this forum, (after 10 yrs of pool ownership) I am doing a lot of wrong things. Using Dichlor granules Trichlor tabs (in...

Thought this may be of interest. I'm in West Dundee, IL a far northwest suburb of Chicago. We have our own water supply and filtration plant. The...

I have an 18” x 4” deep AG pool for 20 years and never had and problems until this year when I added a solar panel and started using bleach. First...

On Friday I received my replacement reagents from Ben for my Taylor K2006 kit. I was excited, as it had been a while since I had any CYA reagents. I...

Hello All, I have decided to take the plunge and take care of my pool. I have an approximatley 10000 gallon pool with another 1200 gallons in a...

Going on vaction next week and I need to know what to do with my pool. Here's my info... ~17,500 gal. salt pool Chem readings as of this...

Thanks Everyone!! I think I have finally gotten rid of algae. But still have some problems. Water is pretty color of blue but not clear. I am...

Hi all- We have a new 20,000 gal ab pool. We love it. Now my problem is the ph is at 7.8 and the alk is 220. The pool store sent along certain...

Reposting because I may have put this in the wrong forum originally: I have a similar problem and seeking advice. I've stopped using pucks after...

Is there a chart for borax? Was going to get a box to keep on hand, was wondering how much to add if I had to.

What about the need for Calcium for a vinyl liner pool with a TruTile top? We're at 150 ppm now and wonder if that won't affect the tile or grout.

Please help me understand.Im not sure when this forum says keep chlorine at the level of 15 shock level.Question how do you know when it is at the...

We switched to BBB from Pristine Blue 4 days ago. I added about 2 1/2 pounds of CYA from Wal-mart. From reading forum I know it takes a long time...

Switched and starting using bleach 2 weeks ago. I must have added to much and cholrine level went very high but the water was clear. Was coming down...

I have a Vinyl IG 30KGL pool & want to make sure I am doing things in the right order. Here are my #'s FC-14 CC-0 TC-Orange PH-6.8 ALK-80...

When using Ben's Test kit, how important is color comparison? I currently have 3 different test kits and still feel like at times that I'm guessing...

I have be fighting some sort of brown stuff in the botton of my vinyl pool avg.that is oval 18x33.I have vaccum my pool 4 times this week.and have...

How do I add the baking soda to the pool? How much to add at a time? I need to add 10-12 pounds.

I have been clicking on the links that should take me to the site to purchase Ben's kits. However, they all say the page is unavailable. Is there a...

Why is the Saturation Index grey'd out on the menu? -Anthony

I live in Texas and we are in the middle of a heat wave, our daily high temps are about 103... I lose about half an inch of water each to...

Will Ben's test kits work with pool store bought chemicals or are the designed specifically for the BBB method? Just curious. Have a new pool on the...

Where to buy baking soda, borax, calcium chloride?

TC-1.3 PH-6.2 Hardness-30ppm Alkalinity-40ppm Copper-.15 What do I use to raise the PH,Harness and Alkalinity? What do I use to lower the...

I have noticed after doing the test for cc and fc that at first the cc is clear. But after sitting there for a while it slowly goes from light pink...

I have a 16x32 inground vinyl liner my latest readings: 24,000 gallons FC: 5 Total Chlorine: 3 Ph: 6.8 TA: 120 Hardness: 100