I KNEW from reading posts on this forum that you all would just be incredible! Thank you so much. Our test kit does not test for stabilizer, so I think we will take a water sample to pinch a penny, as they seem a decent enough outfit and haven't tried to push a bunch of stuff on us. That will probably not be until tomorrow. We are just about to get inundated with rain for the second day in a row, and I can only imagine how that can mess with the pool balance.

Our pool is concrete with a plaster finish? Marcite? The previous home owner did not maintain her chemicals correctly, and apparently the water leached calcium out of the pool walls and there is discoloration on the pool bottom and areas where the surface is degrading and chipping off (the process of which is accelerating, too). We are planning to have it resurfaced by a company in town called Padgett Plastering (anyone from Gainesville, FL, familiar with them?!). They have been in business here for 30 years and seem to have a good reputation. We just want to make sure that once we spend the money to have it looking amazing, we have the water chemistry solid so that it doesn't happen again.

Janet, thank you for your information. So, if we add the acid to lower total alkilinity, do we then run the pump for longer than normal to aerate to bring the Ph back up?

After reading through posts here on the forum, I did come to the conclusion that copper in your pool is NOT a good thing, so we will be sure to avoid that.

I'm not sure the pool store is open tomorrow, but if it is, we will try to go by and have them test our water and I will post their results. Again, MANY THANKS! We will have an amazing pool in no time thanks to you all!!

Best regards,
Kelly