Recent content by Frankjrpool

I did the ascorbic acid treatment last Sunday, and added 3 lbs of Vitamin C and the stains did not come out until the next morning when I added the metal sequestering agent. The good news is that the pool is completely white. After the treatment the ph dropped from 7.2 to 6.8, and I adjusted...

Dave, I adjusted the ph yesterday (it went down to 6.8 from the acid) and got it up to 7.2 right away with Borax. Now I have been adding about 32 fl oz of 8.25% bleach and then rechecking. I have done this 4 times (added a total of 1 gallon bleach), but still zero FC. I guess this is normal...

1000 was my salt reading from May 25th, when I opened the pool. The salt is now good.

Dave, I did take your advice and waited before doing the stain removal (ascorbic acid treatment). I just did it last nite. At 6pm fc was below 1. I put in 1 lb of acid, very slight change after 45 minutes. I put in 1 more Lb of acid, still only very slight change, after one more hour. I put...

Ok Thanks Again. I am going to wait another day. Then I will follow the stain removal instructions. After that I will wait another day, then try to get all else correct, such as raise CH, raise salt, raising cya (in progress). The pool was installed 3 yrs ago, and I filled it with...

Thanks, I have been shocking, vacuuming, and cleaning filter since Saturday, so it is now sanitized. So you think it is better to treat the stains now and then adjust everything after that??

I forgot Salt 1000

Ok I finished Slamming, and the pool is clear and did not lose any FC over night. FC - 4, CC - 0, PH 7.3, CH - 50, TA 100, Cya 0 (I have cya dissolving in a sock in skimmer) I have a staining problem also, (put vitamin C tabs on areas and it removed stains), so I also want to give pool a...

Ph 7.0, it looks just under 7.2

I did the cy test and the black dot remained clearly visible. so I guess this means my cy is 0??? fc o ch 50 ta 110 salt 1100 what do I adjust first?? And do I adjust all before shocking?? Pool is pretty clear with some algae.