Necessary Chemicals for Maintaining Intex-Style Pool?

[dchannes]

where's my last post and Ben's post? It was here yesterday.

[aylad]

Look in the right hand corner just above your post, and you'll see the links for pages 1-3--I think the missing posts you're looking for were probably on the bottom of page 2?

Janet

[dchannes]

Hi there! I think my pool water is finally getting under control. I have been very diligent about vacuuming, not using cal-hypo but keeping the trichlor level high. My readings this evening are:
TC: 2-4, pH:7.2 and steady for 5 days, TA: down to 230, TH: 350, CYA: still less than 30(There's some cloudiness which tells me it's coming up). Due to what though?

The water is clear.

Now, I took Ben's advice regarding jetting the water to help bring the alkalinity down. It's working! I had a submersible pump. I put it in the pool and attached a short hose to it and tied it to the ladder pointing it at the water of the pool about 8" off the surface. It created a lot of bubbles. I ran it all day today. It brought the TA down quite a bit! I down remember what the numbers were but over 300, and now it's at 230? Wow.

Plus, I stopped a lady at Walmart from buying cal-hypo shock for her pool today. I told her to just use unscented bleach, she'd be better off and to join this forum.

Thanks

[Watermom]

If you are using trichlor, it has CYA in it. That would be what is bringing your CYA level up.