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[AnnaK]

Crystal clear water is always a joy to swim in.

I wouldn't do anything with the pH right now. Test it again after the chlorine has drifted down below 10 since the pH measurements aren't reliable when FC is >10 ppm. Are you planning on getting the Taylor K2006 test kit? It gives you better testing capabilities.

Your CYA is high. You might want to stop using the inline chlorinator with the trichlor pucks and switch to plain bleach because you really don't want to add any more CYA. And, since your vinyl pool doesn't need any calcium, you might want to stop using cal-hypo. That probably was the reason for the cloudiness.

Check the Best Guess chart for the level of chlorine you need to maintain at 80 ppm CYA. Test for that (chlorine) daily. Test for pH daily once the chlorine is down to 10 ppm or less and adjust, if necessary.

Have fun swimming!

[Watermom]

Hey Frazz! Welcome to the Pool Forum. Thanks for supplying all the information about your pool, but..... could you enter it into the Pool Chart. You can click on the blue link that Anna posted above and just enter your info in the correct cells in the spreadsheet. After you do so, you can click on the other blue link and see the results listed.

Thanks!

[AnnaK]

Frazzled is on line 95 in the Chart, Watermom, entered on 06/13.

[Watermom]

OK. Good. When I saw he had entered it all above, I thought maybe it had been put here instead of in the chart. I shoulda looked! Thanks, Anna.

[Frazzled]

I promise, I did do my homework.

K2006 will be here soon. We were out in the pool today, and my wife commented on the fact that she could tell I used "store brand" chlorine because it smells different from Clorox or the stuff I used to get at the pool store. I told her I was only doing as instructed and once the level goes down, she won't smell it at all.

It didn't keep us from swimming for 2 hours, so it couldn't have been that big of a deal.

[Watermom]

You really shouldn't be able to smell the chlorine at all. Usually when someone is smelling that chlorine smell it means they have a CC reading and actually need more chlorine to break it down. When you get the kit, post a full set of numbers and we'll have a look and see if anything needs tweaked.

Glad you had a good day in the pool. That is what it is all about!

(By the way -- reassure your wife that the store brand chlorine is fine. I don't think my pool has ever had anything but Walmart's generic bleach in it.)

[Frazzled]

You really shouldn't be able to smell the chlorine at all. Usually when someone is smelling that chlorine smell it means they have a CC reading and actually need more chlorine to break it down.

(By the way -- reassure your wife that the store brand chlorine is fine. I don't think my pool has ever had anything but Walmart's generic bleach in it.)

I can't smell it at all...I think she's just paranoid that we're changing the way the pool is maintained. We'll be fine...