Have a 26,000 gallon salt water pool. After a storm and a bunch of rain, the ph was over 8 so I added muriatic acid two days ago and got the pH down to 7.4, which is where I keep it.
Today, I decided to descale the chlorine generator with the acid bath and afterwards, I dumped the acid bath into the pool.
I just tested the water again with my electronic pH meter and it's reading 6.6.-6.7 at various spots around the pool Chlorine is also high but I did shock the pool after the rain.
Do I need to fix this immediately by adding whatever the pool store suggests, or can I wait for the pH to rise again naturally? I have to add a quart of acid about once a week already.
Also, does anyone use these electronic ph testers? They're about $30 at Amazon and have a digital display. It seems to ballpark-match the liquid test kit, so I stopped testing pH that way a while ago.
Today, I decided to descale the chlorine generator with the acid bath and afterwards, I dumped the acid bath into the pool.
I just tested the water again with my electronic pH meter and it's reading 6.6.-6.7 at various spots around the pool Chlorine is also high but I did shock the pool after the rain.
Do I need to fix this immediately by adding whatever the pool store suggests, or can I wait for the pH to rise again naturally? I have to add a quart of acid about once a week already.
Also, does anyone use these electronic ph testers? They're about $30 at Amazon and have a digital display. It seems to ballpark-match the liquid test kit, so I stopped testing pH that way a while ago.