Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

I have seen the posts that say "there is no exact way to know how much borax to add" but I wonder if there is an amount of borax that is equivalent...

I took a sample for testing into a local pool store, mainly because they had a coupon in a magazine for 2 lbs. free shock. I expected the hard sell,...

I have the PS233 test kit & suddenly needed (don't ask) new powder for the DPD test. Needing it quickly, I ordered it from Leslie's Pools & got it in...

Last year I got pool stored when I bought a house with a pool. The previous owners were morons, and their answer to everything was "Shock it!" I...

I received Ben's kit a week ago and I think I am in heaven. I do have a few questions on making some adjustments. My Readings today: 8...

After a partial drain last week i brought my cya and hardness down some. Then we had heavy rains a few days later. Now my hardness registers 0 on my...

Hi; I need another bottle of Aquachem's pH reagent phenol red (phenolsulfonephthalein), offhand Taylor offers both R-0004 and R-0014 and I think a...

How often should I test my pool? I was doing all the tests everyday and ran out of CYA very quickly. If I just do CL and PH every day and add...

I am using test strips to test the borate level in my 24k pool and it is difficult to get an accurate color reading. I think my borate level is...

Since switching to the BBB method I'm using a Taylor test kit. I'm constantly fighting algae, keeping my Cl high ~20ppm (80ppm CYA). The Cl...

So if the desired amount of FC (free chlorine) is 3ppm, and when you test your FC is less than that, does that mean you should add the correct amout...

I have a 12x3 quick-set pool. I'm using vinyl pool shock. The test trip indicates high bromine (all other levels are fine). What does this mean,...

New 27' 17,000 gal AG Vinyl Liner. South Louisiana. Added chemicals pool store recommended (know better now), then ran tests. Water had metal in...

1200 ppm, but I still dont fill the silky hair that some have mentioned, it is more pleasing to the eyes if I would get my ph down some I beleive I'd...

What causes the black dot in the viewing tube of a CYA test to disappear? Is it a chemical reaction that turns the black dot to white OR does the...

Our pool was a nasty brown & we emptied it, scrubbed it & refilled it yesterday/today, now it's a yellow/green color with rust on bottom & floating...

Is it ok to swim with green green water---ALGAE??? Am treating it or maybe its tricking me but so far have not got very far. But aim to keep with...

Is calcium hardness important in a vinyl inground pool? The pool is about 8000 gal and my latest numbers are FC-7 / PH-7.4 / TA-110 / CC-0 /...

Hello All, I have the hth 5 way drop kit from walmart. At the moment we only have an Intex donut 16'round. I test cl and ph everyday. I ran out of...

I was doing a backwash and added DE to the pool instead of the skimmer. Now it has settled and has made the pool cloudy. How can I restore my clear...

Not sure if this is right forum for this question, but didnt know where to ask my question can anybody out there figure out how many gallons of...

I have a Walmart drop test kit and I was just double checking on how to read it. It has a Chlorine and a Bromine side in the same tube, and if I...

need help bad-problem green yuky water, have been fighting it for over 2 weeks. Have added almost 25 lbs of Dura Chlor(sodium dichloro triazinetrone...

Hi, I went to get my water tested and these are the results. Chlorine 8 I have been putting pucks in, two large into the skimmer PH ...

I received my Taylor K2006 test kit Thursday night and have been using it to test my water since. I've got the instructions down - actually pretty...

I started the conversion process 2 nights ago...been keeping my chlorine level at 10ppm. My numbers from this morning are as follows: FC 9 CC ...

My dad bought a farm with two homes and a pool on it and he wanted to know how much it would cost to fill it in (we begged, so it stayed). This is...

We have a recently completed 18,000 Gal., IG Gunite pool with a Pebblefina finish, Aqua rite SWCG, Polaris Caretaker in-floor, Sta-Rite System3...

Some persons state that when crystals start to form this is when the measure should be taken others when it starts to turn blue. Difference is 250...