Quote Originally Posted by CarlD View Post
I assume your water is colder than 70--llike 60. If so, you are just fine. In fact, even if the water was 80 I'd say your numbers are fine.

But at 60 degrees, you'll get very little algae growth and should see very little dropping in your chlorine level. It's sort of in stasis.

But keep testing!
I feel for you and waiting on summer. My pool is now 79 degrees (81 on the hot days).

As for the testing for salt question, Taylor makes a salt test kit for this. I picked one up at my local pool store.