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    Ye Ole Acid Demand

    22000 Gallons Grey Plaster (Calcified pretty bad) FC 3.0 CC 0 TA 60 PH 7.2 CH 160 CYA Less than 30 (Taylor kit doesn't go that low) Guessing it's at 10 or so Borates 50 BBB Method here but using pucks to bring CYA up to 30-50 range Currently to keep Ph at 7.2-7.4 range I am consuming 1 Quart...
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    borates + scaletec

    Ok so...... love borates.... love scaletec...... any reason they shouldn't be used together????? Pool FC 4 TA 120 PH 7.2 CH 120 Temp 75F
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    Cloudy Water

    Cloudy Water BBB method FC 4.5 CC 5.0 PH 7.0 TA 50 B 50 CYA 70 CH 200 All of the sudden it went a little milky. Will clean the Quad DE 80 filter this weekend. I did add a treatment of stain and scale 3 weeks ago. Maybe it just started to work? :arrow:
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    PH How Low How Long

    First the numbers FC 12 CC 13 PH 6.8 TA 50 CYA 60 CH190 Borates 30-50 Temp 82F Grey Plaster Pool with substantial calcium on surfaces. I've had my PH at +or- 7.0 for about a week now after introducing borates and I can already see an improvement in the surface. Wondering how long I can flirt...
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    Woooooo Borates

    Added Borates to the pool yesterday: Pre Borate: FC 3.0 TC 3.0 PH 7.6 TA 80 TH 120 CYA 50 BOR 0 Pool is 26000 gallons, Added 19 Boxes 76oz Mule Team Borax (Wally world guy gave me an interesting look) Added 6 Gallons MA, checked ph an hour later still 8.2, added another gallon, no change...