I've been following this thread.
New Member New Pool Owner Many Questions
Tried the 10 minute drill for myself Wed. night. Ran out of bleach after 16 gallons. I did it again last night, started around 8 pm and 22 gallons later finally got to where it would hold at 10 for ten or fifteen minutes around midnight. I put in enough soda ash to raise the pH a little, waited a while then put in shock level FC for my CYA level. I raised FC to 14 one more time before I went to sleep. Water looks great other than some dead algae that my filter will just not keep out. After testing this morning these are my results:
FC 4
CC <.5 (but prob not quite 0)
pH <6.8 (base demand test was 12 drops to get to 7.4)
CYA 35
TA 40
CH 150
Questions: Should I continue raising the FC to shock level today or just raise the pH and wait to do the OCLT test?
New Member New Pool Owner Many Questions
Tried the 10 minute drill for myself Wed. night. Ran out of bleach after 16 gallons. I did it again last night, started around 8 pm and 22 gallons later finally got to where it would hold at 10 for ten or fifteen minutes around midnight. I put in enough soda ash to raise the pH a little, waited a while then put in shock level FC for my CYA level. I raised FC to 14 one more time before I went to sleep. Water looks great other than some dead algae that my filter will just not keep out. After testing this morning these are my results:
FC 4
CC <.5 (but prob not quite 0)
pH <6.8 (base demand test was 12 drops to get to 7.4)
CYA 35
TA 40
CH 150
Questions: Should I continue raising the FC to shock level today or just raise the pH and wait to do the OCLT test?