I need to get one of Ben's kits - is he selling them now?

I have a Taylor test kit , works good and easy to use . You
can buy refills from Taylor themselfs online , it's seems to
be the cheapest spot .

I bought my kit online , just did a yahoo search and then hunted for the
best price "with" shipping .
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When you get your CYA down , it will stay steady also till you drain and refill your pool . Or you drain alot because of rain .

When mine droped I just added Cond. to the pool again , 1.5 quarts and then wait a week to retest . It's fine again , taking about a 1 quart of Ultra bleach a day .

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how do you keep your chlorine levels steady?

I check once every other day and add a jug (3 quarts ) of Ultra
bleach when the FC drops below 4 . But my CYA is only 30 , and yours
is 90 -100 I guess . Your gonna have to have your FC much higher readings
to kill the "bugs" as u stated .

Or you can check each day and add a quart at a time .
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Every time you use a tab or a powder shock product your adding more CYA to your pool and making it so you have to have more FC to kill the "bugs" .

I have 40 plus lbs of tabs and 4 bags of "shock" left that I don't use unless my CYA drops below 30 .

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Did you do that search ? I used that alot , search for answers from other peoples problems . We mostly have the same ones over and over .

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Yes Vac I am dreading it . Last year my "friend" helped me by adding cond. to my pool as he said "it helped my clorine to work better"

I am hopeing on someone to come every other day and check FC and all bleach . So far my wife hasn't found that certain someone .

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Get that test kit asap . Lower your cya lvls . Don't use anything with CYA in it till you want to raise that reading . Your gonna be alot happer . Just cause you can't see green "yet" doesn't mean it's killed . Trust me .