Waterbear,

Thank you very much for the reply. It is quite informative and I will look into getting myself a "more" complete kit. In the meantime, I will add acid to facilitate lowering my PH.

It has been recommended to be conservative when adding chemicals, which makes sense to me, and add 1/2 to 3/4 of what is suggested by test kits? I have some dry acid that I will today and see what the results are tomorrow morning.

Thanks again for your input, I really appreciate your thoughts.

Mike