my ph is around 6.4-6.8 and my alkalinity is about 240ppm....what to do? I shocked it two days ago for algae growth...still green...still cloudy...but can see bottom....

I'm in my 3rd day of a treatment process of reducing my TA and PH. I had my water tested and my TA was in the 400's and my PH in at 8.0. They are sending a water sample...

Also, is okay to vacuum this stuff up.

My pool has become a nightmare! Cloudy water all summer long, can seem to clear it. I think my local pool store just wants to sell me more chemicals! I just installed a...

my pool was just plastered 4 days ago. my pH is high which i expected. I added muriatic acid to try to lower the pH but my TA is also dropping. ok, first i want to get...

our pool - 25,000 gal in ground vinyl lined, has struggled all sumerr with high total alk. and very low ph. i was told to first adjust the total alk and then try to get...

i am still battling the problem of not being able to increase the ph level in my pool. i finally attained the level of ta i needed - 130 ppm. a 25000 in ground vinyl...

We have a 6000 gallon vinyl pool, and have been enjoying it for the past three months, however for the past week we have been unable to rid our pool of the whitish...

We have a salt water pool, which is around 5 months old. This week we noticed that the 3M plaster is like very rough sand paper. We were wondering if it was caused by...

I recently installed an inground pool, and filled it with well water and my total alkalinity is pretty high. I've already bought muriatic acid and expect to follow the...

I've put in two bags of salt in the last week, chlorine level very low and intellichor says i need more salt. ph is ok a little high TA 240

I've been doing a lot of reading and there seems to be a ton conflicting info on "proper" pH and TA levels.

I hear that 80-120 are good numbers for TA, but...

We have a spa/pool(spool), fiberglass, in-ground, 2500 gallon. Our Ph level is way too low(yellow) and we can not even get a Alk reading. Our water is clear yet sour...

my alkalinity never seems quite right on my 3 way tester strips but my pool seems fine and my chlorine and pH is the right colour. Does this matter? any comments would...

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I have a fiberglass over gunite pool with 24000 gallons. I have been told that the TA should be between 80 to 100 ppm and the pH between 7.4 to 7.6.

I have been...

I have the drops-type water tester. Tonight it told me pH was ideal but alkalinity was at 150PPM. According to the instructions it should be 100. I read somewhere that...

we normally don't use to much chemicals in our pool. we do use shock, swim & shock, and chlorine tablets. Our pool got a greenish tint to it, but it wasn't algae. we...