Hi all,
Just finished building our first pool and keen to learn all the ins and outs of pool water chemistry. The pool has only been filled since mid November 2011 (about 6 weeks) so I believe it's going though a period of rapid change (or so I've been told). Keen to hear some opinions on the current state of the water and especially keen to get opinions about how to best handle the Calcium Hardness levels in the early days. I'm keen to get myself a TF100 test kit but they seem hard to come by in Australia... nothing but "4-in-1" test kits and test strips here in Oz. If anyone can point me in the right direction of a local Aussie supplier of TF100 kits it would be much appreciated. Below are todays chemical readouts from my local pool shop.
TA - 115
FC - 4.2
TC - 4.8
CH - 177
PH - 7.4
Salt - 4050
CYA - 40
Phosphate - 0
The pool shop computer print out says to shock due to the TC reading, but the shop assistants said not to worry just yet after asking how the water looks (fills me with a bit of confidence that they're not just trying to sell me something each visit). Water is crystal clear with no notable smells. They said maybe do it if the readings climb higher next week.
Thanks,
Steve.
Just finished building our first pool and keen to learn all the ins and outs of pool water chemistry. The pool has only been filled since mid November 2011 (about 6 weeks) so I believe it's going though a period of rapid change (or so I've been told). Keen to hear some opinions on the current state of the water and especially keen to get opinions about how to best handle the Calcium Hardness levels in the early days. I'm keen to get myself a TF100 test kit but they seem hard to come by in Australia... nothing but "4-in-1" test kits and test strips here in Oz. If anyone can point me in the right direction of a local Aussie supplier of TF100 kits it would be much appreciated. Below are todays chemical readouts from my local pool shop.
TA - 115
FC - 4.2
TC - 4.8
CH - 177
PH - 7.4
Salt - 4050
CYA - 40
Phosphate - 0
The pool shop computer print out says to shock due to the TC reading, but the shop assistants said not to worry just yet after asking how the water looks (fills me with a bit of confidence that they're not just trying to sell me something each visit). Water is crystal clear with no notable smells. They said maybe do it if the readings climb higher next week.
Thanks,
Steve.