Quote Originally Posted by Candyass
- it looks like I just spent a bunch of cash on water and accomplishing nothing.

What still puzzles me is that my water is crystal clear.

Spending a bunch of cash and accomplishing nothing is the reason I found this forum...probably the reason A LOT of people wound up here!

I don't know what to tell you as far as the rash/itchy skin. If your water is clear and you're running 10 ppm then you're doing something right! In your first water test, your CL level was 1.3 ppm. After the drain it was 10. How long have you been running it at the higher level?

You probably don't want to hear this, but you might have to do another water drain. I read on here that someone used a large piece of plastic while draining and refilling. The new water was kept separate from the old by the plastic. That way he was draining only water with high CYA while still adding new water. It also kept from "floating" the pool. (That's assuming your pool is in-ground.)