- Apr 29, 2013
- 3
OMG please help. I have a 24 ft round intex pool hols aprox 13,500 gallons water with intex .95 pump with 100 lb sand filter. Refilled this year with city water. ( had small tear to repair so drained and started new. Please I know I need a good test kit but for now I only have strips. I shocked the other day with Calcium hypochlorite but levels will not stay. I am guessing it is because I have a :
TA of 100
Total hardnes 100-150
Total Chlorine is about 100
Free chlorine
pretty much zero
Ph is no doubt belo 7.2
no stabilizer out in as of yet
I did put in 1 box of baking soda yesterday ( going sloooow)
but adding that made no numbers increase.
I do not know what to add first. My water is clear and I want it to stay that way! and calcuim hypochlorite (shock ) will not add calcium to the pool will it? I thought it was pretty much powered bleach. ( I know they use it at water treatment plants for city water)
Bleach was getting awfully hard for me to lift up and put in pool over the past year( getting old I guess)I do not want to add one thing as I know this works( used this method for years) but just do not know what to add first since I can NOT keep chlorine in it I thought I have to maybe add Borax first...just confused and frustrated THANK YOU to all on this site yo have been a huge help tp me for years
TA of 100
Total hardnes 100-150
Total Chlorine is about 100
Free chlorine
pretty much zero
Ph is no doubt belo 7.2
no stabilizer out in as of yet
I did put in 1 box of baking soda yesterday ( going sloooow)
but adding that made no numbers increase.
I do not know what to add first. My water is clear and I want it to stay that way! and calcuim hypochlorite (shock ) will not add calcium to the pool will it? I thought it was pretty much powered bleach. ( I know they use it at water treatment plants for city water)
Bleach was getting awfully hard for me to lift up and put in pool over the past year( getting old I guess)I do not want to add one thing as I know this works( used this method for years) but just do not know what to add first since I can NOT keep chlorine in it I thought I have to maybe add Borax first...just confused and frustrated THANK YOU to all on this site yo have been a huge help tp me for years