Hello comrades,

THis is my second year coming back to this forum. The wisdom that fellow members here shared with me helped greatly last year, when I was a total newb to pool maintenance (purchased a house with existing pool) and had a very rough spring opening.

Benefiting from last year's experience, I avoided the mistakes and now things seem to be going smoothly: the water is very clear 48h after opening. Water is cold (50F) so that probably helps a lot too..

Here are my test results from today PM (after a mini bleach shock yesterday night):

FC = 12,15ppm
CC = 0,95 ppm
pH= 7,3
TA= 21 ppm
CYA (stabilizer) = 42 ppm
Calcium = 126ppm

Seeing my TA rather low, I've just added some Alk to raise it up to more proper levels (will retest). Will see how pH reacts as well.

I figured that CYA level is good. Local pool maintenance personel tried to sell me some Calcium+ product, but I'm very skeptical and not really buying into that, considering the BBB method.

Any comments, thoughts about those initial results?

Many thanks to all of you!!