Hello,

I recently purchased my first house which also has my first pool! Right now I am swamped in the learning curve of figuring out water chemistry/ pool filter equipment/ and new home ownership in general. In short, the house was used as a rental property for the last few years and I assume the pool was neglected a little bit. So far I have been using the pool care company that has been working the pool with the pervious owner to keep everything on "autopilot" while I get up to speed. The other week I took a water sample to the local pool store to cross check the pool guys work and was told that my CYA levels are greater than 200ppm and that the best solution is to drain 2/3 of the water out and replace ... but that I should also be careful not to pop the pool out of the ground because of the water table in Florida. I'm a little hesitant, any advise? I just ordered a Taylor k-2006 so I'm sure there will be many more questions to follow.

The pool is an inground gunite pool/spa combo type aprox 9000 gallons.

Thank you all for the help!

-Chris