thanks for all the help over the past few days - I have taken steady readings and this is what I"m seeing:
date.......TC.........FC.........CC..........PH.......TA............CH.......CYA actions
24-May....5....................................6.8
25-May....10........10..........0............6.8.......180......................30
26-May....18........13..........5............6.8.......200......................30 added PH up
27-May.....12.......11.5.......0.5..........7.2.......290.........220........30 set chlorinator to 4
28-May......9........8.5........0.5..........7.2.......240.......................40 set chlorinator to 2
29-May......4........4...........0............7.2.......310......................25 set chlorinator to 3
a few things - can you tell me if I'm right (I need validation on if I'm a-learnin this stuff right).
1. seeing the FC go up a lot, and then down - this looks to be a combination of me fiddling with the chlorinator (trichlor), sunlight/bather usage, and the chlorine killing stuff...is that right?
2. seeing CC go up and then down, shows me the chlorine did a lot of killing and now pool is clean, so less stuff dying?
3. apart from TA of 310 and maybe the pool could use a tweak of PH - but the numbers looks really good? I ask, as I think they do, and the pool is gorgeous and a pleasure to swim in (84 degrees!).
4. looks like when I added the PH UP - alkalinity also went up - that makes sense....but now PH is stable, why did alkalinity go down and is back on the rise...should I be concerned with that 310 number?
5. I am using TriChlor pucks only right now (planned to switch to liquid chlorine once I hit 50 on CYA) but CYA went down...I didn't think that was possible without a water change, the ONLY thing that happened on 05/28 was about 10 swimmers and 2 dogs in the pool all day....could that lower CYA?
based on all of this here is what I"m thinking:
1. one more pound of PH up - inching closer to 7.5
2. keep chlorinator on 3...and keep measuring FC, CC - I want to stabilze FC based on CYA chart - so 4 or 5 is a good reading I believe.
3. should I worry about TA at this point?
4. sweep sides every day (if possible)
5. vaccuum once a week (pool has electric opaque cover).
6. I will test TF-100 everything every day - but I think once I see a stable set of numbers for a week, maybe go to 2x per week?
thoughts? and thanks in advance.
date.......TC.........FC.........CC..........PH.......TA............CH.......CYA actions
24-May....5....................................6.8
25-May....10........10..........0............6.8.......180......................30
26-May....18........13..........5............6.8.......200......................30 added PH up
27-May.....12.......11.5.......0.5..........7.2.......290.........220........30 set chlorinator to 4
28-May......9........8.5........0.5..........7.2.......240.......................40 set chlorinator to 2
29-May......4........4...........0............7.2.......310......................25 set chlorinator to 3
a few things - can you tell me if I'm right (I need validation on if I'm a-learnin this stuff right).
1. seeing the FC go up a lot, and then down - this looks to be a combination of me fiddling with the chlorinator (trichlor), sunlight/bather usage, and the chlorine killing stuff...is that right?
2. seeing CC go up and then down, shows me the chlorine did a lot of killing and now pool is clean, so less stuff dying?
3. apart from TA of 310 and maybe the pool could use a tweak of PH - but the numbers looks really good? I ask, as I think they do, and the pool is gorgeous and a pleasure to swim in (84 degrees!).
4. looks like when I added the PH UP - alkalinity also went up - that makes sense....but now PH is stable, why did alkalinity go down and is back on the rise...should I be concerned with that 310 number?
5. I am using TriChlor pucks only right now (planned to switch to liquid chlorine once I hit 50 on CYA) but CYA went down...I didn't think that was possible without a water change, the ONLY thing that happened on 05/28 was about 10 swimmers and 2 dogs in the pool all day....could that lower CYA?
based on all of this here is what I"m thinking:
1. one more pound of PH up - inching closer to 7.5
2. keep chlorinator on 3...and keep measuring FC, CC - I want to stabilze FC based on CYA chart - so 4 or 5 is a good reading I believe.
3. should I worry about TA at this point?
4. sweep sides every day (if possible)
5. vaccuum once a week (pool has electric opaque cover).
6. I will test TF-100 everything every day - but I think once I see a stable set of numbers for a week, maybe go to 2x per week?
thoughts? and thanks in advance.