And that's what brought me here really. I need to get my CYA up. It is so low I can't measure it, and my chlorine gets used up too fast.

I added some pH Increaser last night (less than a pound; it was all I had) and that helped to bring pH up to around 7.2 I have asked my wife to pickup some Borax today, as WM suggested, so we'll give that a whirl this evening and see if that helps us get closer to 7.4

Do you folks NOT recommend using Muriatic Acid to raise CYA? I checked an online pool calculator the recommends 3 gallons of muriatic OR a little over 7 lbs of dry acid. I also read that muriatic acid won't bring my pH down like dry acid (?)