Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

I just received the kit I ordered from in the swim to tide me over until Ben's issues are resolved. It's an OTO kit that measures FC, TC, PH, Alk...

How often should CYA be tested while using pucks? I want mine a bit higher but I don't want it to get away from me again. Thanks

Temps have been getting warmer and warmer here, currently air temp is 88 and pool temp is 86--ahhhhhhhhhhh. With this warm, sunny weather came...

Hi all..... Since you have all been so helpful over the past few days I wanted to ask this question I have been wondering about.... In my...

I don't have my pool set up yet. I'm waiting to hear from the installer. It is a 33' by 52". Anyway, I have searched the forum and read everything I...

I picked up a Taylor K-2005 test kit today, here are my readings: FC: 8 TC: 6 CC: ? PH: 7.5 ALK:120 CYA: 0 Is it possible to have a higher...

I am 'fortunate' (?) enough to have four pool stores within 6 miles of my house. Today I took a water sample in to three of them. Here are the...

What a great site, have had 18x36 vinyl in-ground pool for 15 years and never found such a great place for chemical answers. Using a drop based...

I first posted to this forum about 3 years ago (before the forum crash) and was extremely pleased with the help I received in recovering my pool from...

I have one of the walmart aboveground vinyl pools with the inflatable ring at the top. It is a 3800 gal pool. I did my first readings and they are...

Like a kid with a new toy at Christmas, I went ahead and ran the tests this noon while I was home for lunch :) TC- 2 FC- 2 CC- 0 PH- 8.0...

hi, I brought my water in today to a pool place and they told me, once again I have copper in my water which is a 2 chlorine 0 ph 7.6 alk...

My pool is fine. My neighbor whos pool is 10 yrs old and has always used pucks and granular shock, is having a prob holding chlorine. She called and...

Hi there I have a 18' AG pool, 1/2 horsepower pump, ta40 sandfilter, 1 skimmer, 1 center drain, hard plumbed 1 1/2". Here are my results : FC 5...

Just an observation with a small question(s). In short, my Alk has been around 70 since I opened the pool about a month ago. Water is crystal...

So I added 3 gal of bleach last night to shock the pool to 15 trying to head off a problem that may be brewing. It's too high to read on my little...

Im working on a pool that was converted from bromine to chlorine. At opening I added 2 1/2 gallons of bleach to get to 12ppm(15k ag pool).The water...

I found a kit to tide me over until Ben's issues are resolved, but it doesn't test CYA. I have test strips that measure FC, PH, Alk and CYA. ...

I started battling algae on Saturday as I've previously posted - I uncovered to find algae on parts of the floor and walls but the water was...

I finally bought my own testing kit (and will most likely order from here next season)... I tested my water and got this: pH - 7.4 (for three...

I have a 16,000 fiberglass in ground. Last year it seemed like I was adding a gallon of bleach every few days. I have not used much at all this...

I see it included in some of Ben's kits. Whats it used for? Thanks John

A cheapish ($15-$20) OTO test kit that will do FC, TC, PH, Alk and CYA? I want one of Ben's kits, but I get the feeling from his posts that he'd...

Whenever I get a water sample for a test, I try to stay away from the returns, and I always take the sample from as deep as I can go with my...

I just tested my pool with Ben's SP234. I have an inground liner so I didn't bother with CA levels. Here are the levels, what should I do next? TC...

I didn't know any better, and now I see in several posts that maybe that wasn't the correct way to add it. How bad did I mess up? What should I do...

Sooo.. I really thought I had ordered the test kit a couple weeks ago but a search of my common email boxes turned up nothing. Figured something...

I'm trying to use the Hamilton Index, which seems like an easy way to go. It uses total hardness, but I don't see any test kits, besides test strips,...

Hi all! I discovered this forum via the poolsolutions site late in the season last year. I love it, I have learned so much from both sites. No...