I got home really late last night so I added chlorine and muriatic acid and went to bed before checking or responding to this thread so this is what I did and where we're at right now:

I added six (6) more jugs (96oz each) of bleach. It does not say the percentage anywhere on this bottle (which is one reason why I listed what type I was using just in case I'm not using the correct type).

I added half a gallon of Muriatic Acid.

I tested today and this is what I got:

13.6 ppm FC (tripling the previous test from two days ago). Also...I still used the 25ml test just so we're comparing apples to apples. Next test, I'll gladly switch to 10ml so I can save as much of the test drops as I can.

0 CC (Is this right? I even added some extra drops to try to get it to turn pink and it wouldn't...did I do something wrong?)

7.5 PH (this didn't move even with the half gallon more of Muriatic acid so I added the rest of the gallon after my tests today).

I broke out my old test kit using OTO drops and it looks like the shade of yellow for chlorine is darker than the highest mark of 5. I also tested the PH using it's Phenol Red drops and it showed the PH around 7.2. I trusted my new, more advanced kit and added the rest of the Muriatic acid like I said above.


Now...for the CYA testing...I have to start by apologizing...I'm not sure why I'm having so much trouble understanding and following directions on this but here are my current questions involving the distilled water (I made sure I have distilled...one gallon is $0.88 at Walmart).

At step 5 you say to collect 14ml of the test sample from mix in step #4. I question this because the test kit I have says to take 7ml test and then add R0013 until you hit 14ml mark. However you're saying to collect 14ml of the test sample and then add 14ml of the R0013. I guess it's all the same proportions but my kit won't hold that much so I'm assuming I'm using another clean container to hold the new mixture of 14ml of sample and 14ml of R0013. Please confirm.

I'm still confused by step #9. In my test kit, it says to mix sample and R0013 together for 30 seconds and then pour into the small tube until the dot just disappears. I can absolutely drop, drip by drip, counting and then multiplying however the math seems off to me. The reason being...in my little tube...the less mixture I use to make the dot disappear, the higher the number line on the side of the tube. The more of the solution I add...the lower the number. It starts at 100 and the lines steadily go UP the tube until it reaches 30 near the top.

If I add drops...counting and then multiplying by 3...then the more I add...obviously, the higher my result will be. That seems completely converse to what my kit does...or am I completely misunderstanding this kit?

Would it help if I took a picture of the little tube I'm talking about? This is a link to a picture of a tube...not mine but one that seems to demonstrate what I'm talking about. The more I add...the lower the number:

http://www.poolplaza.com/mm5/graphic.../TAY9193-F.jpg