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Next morning and my fc is only 1.5ppm. My cya was like 90 so should I not use chlorine tabs (pucks) ??

FINALLY!! Only a couple of hours after I added the "dechlor" we are down to 12.5 PPM. (:

The hell with it. I dumped a few hundred gallons and refilled I tested again and I'm still at 23ppm I called the pools store to see if they had sodium thiosulfate and they were confused. Then I said do you have something that will lower the chlorine levels. They said "oh dechlor" which IS thisolfate or sodium sulfite maybe. No indication on label. How is that legal? so, I bought 3lbs. Hopefully that works because my kids want to kill me right now.

Cya reagents just arrived! And my cya level is now reading about 90-100. UGH!! I thought for sure that the cya dropped as you thought. Now what? Cya- 90 Fc- 23ppm Ph -- less than 7.0 TA-- 50ppm ( when doing test reagent went from bluish green to orangish at 5 drops, never really went "red" as it says in kit) I also ran heater to get temp up to 80 degrees in hopes that a higher temp would bring fa down quicker.

Came down a bit but still at 23ppm. What is a safe level to swin at??

I just bought both the powder and drops for FCC test new this week. I am waiting for the reagent for the cya test to come in the mail. I will test again in a few hours but it really has been way up at 29ppm for at least 3 days. The days before that I stopped counting after 12 PPM because I was running low on reagents. But got refills now as I said. This is crazy. I ever added a few hundred gallons yesterday to try to dilute it. I will let you know in a few hours.

It is vinyl lined. Is that very bad? I added a pound of cya I had in the shed in the skimmer though a skimmer sock . And I went to buy more but they were sold out. So I bought "instant conditioner" and added half the bottle so far

I think I am getting it. My ph is also very low now 7.2 is the lowest the Taylor kit goes and I am at least there. Do you think it would be smart to raise PH now or should I wait till the FCC comes down? Thanks so much for your help.... BTW pool store told me to not put CYA. Ugh.

Wouldn't cya hold on to the chlorine??? Still 29ppm

Thanks man. How long do you think it would take the levels to Drop on their own? We are supposed to have a heat wave Here in the south jersey area and the kids are Getting antsy. If it would take a while, would you recommend A chemical like Sodium Thiosulfate to lower chlorine levels?

Hey guys, I open my pool my self, thanks to this forum, and in the past I was having problems with my pool not holding chlorine on startup (good ole chlorine lock). Thanks to the guys here, I learned about amonia in the water and how it must be eliminated before the pool will hold chlorine, and that I didnt need to spend $35 a bottle for PhosFree. Thanks Chemgeek and others. so this year I wasnt messing around. I dumped 10 gallons of liquid chlorine into the ~23,000 gal pool at startup. Wow, that did it. That was 6 days ago and the levels are still at 29ppm. I know that the levels will come down over time but I am wondering if it could be damaging my filter or heater. I was low on my Taylor test kit chems so I dont kno my FA or CYA but my PH is very low (7.0). I will be adding Borax tomorrow to raise PH. thanks in advance for any help. Mike

yes its vinyl.... cool thanks

yes, its from the waterline down. all of the steps under water. and the skimmer plastic. It cant be sunblock anyway because when I opened the pool, it was fine and then within a few days the stains came back. before anyone went in. if its metals what do I do? its a rust colored staining.

Ph looks good!!

any progress yet?