I'm a new pool owner (2nd season) and I have trouble with opening the pool for the first time. i could use some good advice.
I opened the pool this weekend and things went smoothly until a couple yesterday. Here's what happened.
When I opened the pool last Saturday there was a lot of dirt on the bottom of the pool and once i got that cleaned the water was pretty clear. i had the water tested a local pool store and these were the results:
CYA 60
TA 73
CH 105
Salt 1900
FC .4
TC .4
PH 7.1
Temp 62
They suggested I add 6 40# bags of salt, 20#'s of Balance pack 100 and Set the system on boost for 24 hours.
I did all 3 and when i tested the water on Sunday myself I had reading for of TC - 3, TA 110, PH 7.6 That's all I can remember.
I was reading about the BBB method on TFP on Sunday and I wanted to use that to care for my Pool so on Monday night i added 7 qts of store bought Chlorine non scented (contains - Sodium hypochlorite & sodium hydroxide) Next morning I tested the Chlorine levels and I was at about .5. Why did it drop I asked myself?
On Tuesday am wanting to get TA down i added about 18 oz of MA and that's when something went really wrong. A thin film of bubbles formed on the top of the water and increased throughout the day until it covered the entire pool by the afternoon - see picture attached.
I got rid of the foam by spraying with water but it came back shortly after.
I had my pool water tested again at the pools store just to make sure my readings were accurate and this is what they came up with:
CYA 60
TA 105
CH 80
Salt 3500
FC .5
TC .5
PH 8
Temp 71 (I had the heater on)
My tests results showed FC & TC to be .5 or less and PH to be 7.2.
They told me to add - 1lb Lo 'n Slo, 17pds of Balance Pak 300 and 2lbs of Smart Shock and turn on boost for 24 hours. I added the Smart Shock and turned on boost last night. Still the chlorine levels showed .5 this morning.
I got rid of the foam by spraying with water but it came back shortly after.
Can anyone help? What did I do wrong?
I opened the pool this weekend and things went smoothly until a couple yesterday. Here's what happened.
When I opened the pool last Saturday there was a lot of dirt on the bottom of the pool and once i got that cleaned the water was pretty clear. i had the water tested a local pool store and these were the results:
CYA 60
TA 73
CH 105
Salt 1900
FC .4
TC .4
PH 7.1
Temp 62
They suggested I add 6 40# bags of salt, 20#'s of Balance pack 100 and Set the system on boost for 24 hours.
I did all 3 and when i tested the water on Sunday myself I had reading for of TC - 3, TA 110, PH 7.6 That's all I can remember.
I was reading about the BBB method on TFP on Sunday and I wanted to use that to care for my Pool so on Monday night i added 7 qts of store bought Chlorine non scented (contains - Sodium hypochlorite & sodium hydroxide) Next morning I tested the Chlorine levels and I was at about .5. Why did it drop I asked myself?
On Tuesday am wanting to get TA down i added about 18 oz of MA and that's when something went really wrong. A thin film of bubbles formed on the top of the water and increased throughout the day until it covered the entire pool by the afternoon - see picture attached.
I got rid of the foam by spraying with water but it came back shortly after.
I had my pool water tested again at the pools store just to make sure my readings were accurate and this is what they came up with:
CYA 60
TA 105
CH 80
Salt 3500
FC .5
TC .5
PH 8
Temp 71 (I had the heater on)
My tests results showed FC & TC to be .5 or less and PH to be 7.2.
They told me to add - 1lb Lo 'n Slo, 17pds of Balance Pak 300 and 2lbs of Smart Shock and turn on boost for 24 hours. I added the Smart Shock and turned on boost last night. Still the chlorine levels showed .5 this morning.
I got rid of the foam by spraying with water but it came back shortly after.
Can anyone help? What did I do wrong?