So I went out to the pool and cleaned up the leaves and twigs and mulch that were in the pool and brushed down the walls and skimmed the top. I tested the numbers with my test kit. Here they are below
cl 2-4 range
ph about 7.3
cya 60
alk 75
ch 150
salt swg says 3200
i also went to the pool store(this one all season has been pretty much in line with my numbers)
there readings are from a test strip they insert into a computer reader except for salt and cya that they test manualy
cl 3.5
fc 3.4
cya 55
ph 7.2
tot alk 85
adj tot alk 68
ch 183
salt 2600
My pool water was pretty clear, now its a little cloudy in the deep end i am thinking because i brushed up the leaves and also brushed the walls that had a little algae on it in the deep end and only on one side of the deep end roman end.
i have a mod media filter, swg pool pilot dig220 sc 48 cell, vynyl lined pool 18 x 36 with two 4 foot roman ends about 31000 gallons.
pool store carries only biogard products. they told me to add about 6 pounds of balnace pak 100 to increase alk and wait 2 hours, pool store also said it will raise ph a little then after 2 hours add 8 pounds of balance pak 300 to increase hardness. he did say that instead of the bal pak 100 i can use baking soda which is the same thing. he siad cya is okay rigtht now. i also picked up some calcium harness increaser from walmart last week i have 12 pounds of that by hth. what are the recoomendations from you guys to balance my water.. also is the chlorine level a little high. all season long its been around 1.7 to no more than 2 ever. we did get about 6 inches of rain frome Irene, and prior i had emptied about 4 inches before she hit.
cl 2-4 range
ph about 7.3
cya 60
alk 75
ch 150
salt swg says 3200
i also went to the pool store(this one all season has been pretty much in line with my numbers)
there readings are from a test strip they insert into a computer reader except for salt and cya that they test manualy
cl 3.5
fc 3.4
cya 55
ph 7.2
tot alk 85
adj tot alk 68
ch 183
salt 2600
My pool water was pretty clear, now its a little cloudy in the deep end i am thinking because i brushed up the leaves and also brushed the walls that had a little algae on it in the deep end and only on one side of the deep end roman end.
i have a mod media filter, swg pool pilot dig220 sc 48 cell, vynyl lined pool 18 x 36 with two 4 foot roman ends about 31000 gallons.
pool store carries only biogard products. they told me to add about 6 pounds of balnace pak 100 to increase alk and wait 2 hours, pool store also said it will raise ph a little then after 2 hours add 8 pounds of balance pak 300 to increase hardness. he did say that instead of the bal pak 100 i can use baking soda which is the same thing. he siad cya is okay rigtht now. i also picked up some calcium harness increaser from walmart last week i have 12 pounds of that by hth. what are the recoomendations from you guys to balance my water.. also is the chlorine level a little high. all season long its been around 1.7 to no more than 2 ever. we did get about 6 inches of rain frome Irene, and prior i had emptied about 4 inches before she hit.
