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    Default Re: latest results and pool is hard on eyes...

    Looks like you ALK is low. Should be at least 100-130 ish. I'd do baking soda for sure. Start small and maybe add 8-10 pounds and see what that does in 24 hours.
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    Default Re: latest results and pool is hard on eyes...

    With a cya of 60 you should have your chlorine at a minimum of 5ppms. With an alkalinity of 50, calcium at 150 and ph at 7.4, your pool is slightly acidic. I would bump the alk up with baking soda, as traceyb said, and it should take your ph up slightly also. If you have a vinyl liner you don't need calcium, but if you have a plaster pool you will have to take your calcium up to 250.
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