Cannot raise CYA

[Watermom]

How many days had it been since you tested and how many days since you had added chlorine before this or are you relying solely on your SWCG now?

[QiingGuy]

Please post a full set of test results from your K-2006 test kit. Also, how long and at what time of day / night are you running the pump and SWG?

I had to leave town unexpectedly so I've been unable to test. Had wife to a test with my HTH 6 way (Taylor is too confusing for her) and had her test Ch and pH and I had her send me a picture of the test. Ch was off the chart, used the link Watermom provided and it is in the 20 - 25 range. pH is about 8 which surprises me as I had it down around 7.5 I belive.

Pump runs from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. and SWG from about 8:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. SWG is not currently running. Wife reports water is looking less green, however, I have a lot of dust/dirt on the bottom so we're going to try and get step son out there to vac. once the storms are done rolling through, should be Tues.

How many days had it been since you tested and how many days since you had added chlorine before this or are you relying solely on your SWCG now?

I believe it had been one day since I tested, results posted on prior page. Prior to this I'd been adding about 1 cup of chlorine per day along with running SWG for 3 hours.

Lastly we're getting some rain here in Vegas, I haven't had this pool through rain yet. Anything special one needs to do?

[Big Splash]

I don't own an Index pool so I can only go by what I've read. Someone else can / should confirm. That said, I've read the OEM filters are barely adequate for regular use. I would suspect you need to run it for a lot longer than just 4 hours. You said, "Ch was off the chart". Do you mean FC? Calcium hardness (Ch) isn't an issue on a vinyl pool unless it is "off the charts". That would be about 10x more than 20-25. Please clarify your post.

[QiingGuy]

I don't own an Index pool so I can only go by what I've read. Someone else can / should confirm. That said, I've read the OEM filters are barely adequate for regular use. I would suspect you need to run it for a lot longer than just 4 hours. You said, "Ch was off the chart". Do you mean FC? Calcium hardness (Ch) isn't an issue on a vinyl pool unless it is "off the charts". That would be about 10x more than 20-25. Please clarify your post.

The kit she used was a HTH 6 way and I believe the chlorine test is TA. I ordered the better re-usable filters and they arrived today, step son installed this morning so we're off the cheap filters. I'll up the run time. Anyone have a suggestion on what to up it to? I'm currently running at what the manual suggests, 4 hours.