Paisleyface

I completely agree, just one last question, do I just ignore the Total Alkalinity reading?? You have been a brilliant help thanks, enjoy your swim!

Hi there Stu, Many thanks for being so helpful. I also use the strips test, with the 5 readings on them. My free chlorine reading is now 0.5/1 and my Total Chlorine is 0.5. What should these be at? When you say "normal chlorine" do you mean the big 'lent' tablets? Thank you very, very much. P

Hi Baz, Many thanks for your prompt response and advice. This is my first season without having people taking care of the pool for me and hence my next question may misguided, but I have read sooo many articles about pools over the last week that I am more confused than ever: I read that as the Total Alkalinity is so high, that is not possible to take a proper Cholrine reading... therefore I am worried about putting in Choc Chlorine as this is adding more alkaline to the pool?? Thanks in advance for your patience with my silly questions! Paisleyface

Hi there, this is my first time posting a msg on here, so hope I am going about all this in the correct manner... I have a problem with total alkalinity in my pool. The total alkalinity reading is 200+ The pH is 7.4, and I presume due to the TAK reading I am getting nothing on the Free/Total Chlorine reading. Any advice would be very greatly appreciated. Yours in desperation..