Day 4 of BBB Method and already much happier with the look of the pool! Stains are gone (knock wood!) and water looks sparkly and clear.
(Under Pool Store tutelage our pool was intentionally dropped to 0 chlorine and 6.8 pH so the low start numbers were expected).
But ...
I can't get my chlorine up.
Today's numbers (I have the wrong test kit but this what I have from mine)
FC 0
TC less than 1 (slight change)
pH 7.6
TA 130
Water temp 71 degrees
Yesterday FC was 1.5 and pH was off so I added 6% bleach solution and Borax per pool calculator. Pleased with pH but chlorine needs tweaking.
I'm confused because I thought any TA over 120 needs adjusting but pool calculator didn't call for anything. It's entirely possible I'm reading this wrong being new. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
We will be away Fri-Sun so my secondary question is how BBB users handle frequent travel?
(Under Pool Store tutelage our pool was intentionally dropped to 0 chlorine and 6.8 pH so the low start numbers were expected).
But ...
I can't get my chlorine up.
Today's numbers (I have the wrong test kit but this what I have from mine)
FC 0
TC less than 1 (slight change)
pH 7.6
TA 130
Water temp 71 degrees
Yesterday FC was 1.5 and pH was off so I added 6% bleach solution and Borax per pool calculator. Pleased with pH but chlorine needs tweaking.
I'm confused because I thought any TA over 120 needs adjusting but pool calculator didn't call for anything. It's entirely possible I'm reading this wrong being new. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
We will be away Fri-Sun so my secondary question is how BBB users handle frequent travel?