I finally got my k-2006 kit in the mail yesterday so I thought I'd come and post some real numbers for you guys.

Initial test yesterday:

FC - 10
CC - 2.5

pH - 7.0
TA - 100

CH - 350

CYA - 25 (estimated)

Keep in mind that we had been operating blindly as far as adding chlorine goes because of not being able to test anything. CYA is estimated because we had to go up slightly past the 30ppm line to make the black circle disappear. We used a pool calculator recommended somewhere else on this forum to figure out what to add. To up pH we added borax (enough to get it up to 7.5 according to calculator, added cya to nudge that up a bit and added chlorine to send it up and above shock level. We also have switched from bleach to 10% liquid chlorine as of yesterday (yesterday was first time we added that instead of bleach). Tested an hour later and got these numbers:

FC - 24.0
CC - 2.5

pH - 8.0
TA - 100

We didn't test for hardness again. We also didn't test CYA again because it says it can take a few days to register a change. I also understand that the pH reading can be a bit wonky with higher chlorine levels. That was last night, we tested just the chlorine again this morning to check and see how much it dropped:

FC - 23.0
CC - 2.0

Just a 1ppm drop overnight, which is a good thing correct? I know CC too high but it did drop a bit. Are we on the right track? What do we do or what can we do know to help this process along? Depending on the lighting and angle you look at the water it can look like a nice cloudy blue or a bleh cloudy greenish blue.

Side note, since I have to clean the filter every hour or so still I take it out at night and let the pump run just so I don't lose the circulation. When I do that however it seems to churn up whatever is in the water and by morning there is a small greyish white foamy substance swirling around the top of most of the pool. Not sure what it is or if it's bad... Once I put the filter back in it's usually mostly gone about an hour or two later. Should I be running it 24/7 like this with the filter out some part of the time or should I just turn the whole system off when I'm not able to clean it?


Thanks!!!