Copper Reading is 1 - do I need to take action?

[duraleigh]

Well, I'm not sure about the "expert" part but the first thing I would do is disregard all info from the pool store. The biggest problem with it is few of us will know what any of it is. "Sparkle up", "Pool magnet plus", and "Chem out" are all probably very nice but I am completely clueless as to what's in them.

So, #1 question, "How does your water look?" If it looks the way you want it, I would do very little, if anything. Your pH is fine, Alk is OK, FC is fine with your CYA level, and your CYA is quite high but your planning on reducing that, so I think I would go swimming and save gas money on a trip to the pool store.

Your Copper level is the question I can't answer. I have never seen any info on the forum or elsewhere to indicate at what test result level Copper will become a problem. I am curious myself. I can tell you that most products don't remove metals but rather keep them in suspension in your pool.......always there to bug you again when the opportunity presents itself.