Brand new mini pebble plaster. I left the forum two weeks with going to Home Depot to buy some stabilizer to get the CYA up since I had none with a total refill. I CANNOT seem to get the chlorine up and I’m super frustrated! I use the PoolMatch, add enough bleach and everyday I come home, it’s 1..0 FC, 0-.5 CC. I’m in Texas, it’s starting to get hot and I cannot afford an algae bloom on brand new plaster. Here’s my test results, using the TF-100 today.
FC 1.0 (after pouring 2 quarts of 10.00 bleach in it last night care of Home Depot and the night before -- testing every day!)
CC 0
PH 7.7
TA 91 (and I keep having problems with it lowering as well -- in other words, it got below 80, added baking soda, got it up to about 110, and it slowly creeps downwards)
CH 177
CYA 40
Stonescapes Optimum conditions says the CH should be 200-400 ppm and CYA 50-80 ppm
I’m thinking I’m going to Leslie’s (I know, bad word), buy liquid CYA (hated the powdered stuff) bump it up to maybe 50, put pucks in until I can get the chlorine up to at least 3 ppm. Should I be testing it in the morning to see if it’s at 5 PPM and depleting to 1 PPM during the day? The pool gets sun all day. I read where my target should be 5 ppm with a minimum of 3 ppm but I can’t seem to get there!
Help!
FC 1.0 (after pouring 2 quarts of 10.00 bleach in it last night care of Home Depot and the night before -- testing every day!)
CC 0
PH 7.7
TA 91 (and I keep having problems with it lowering as well -- in other words, it got below 80, added baking soda, got it up to about 110, and it slowly creeps downwards)
CH 177
CYA 40
Stonescapes Optimum conditions says the CH should be 200-400 ppm and CYA 50-80 ppm
I’m thinking I’m going to Leslie’s (I know, bad word), buy liquid CYA (hated the powdered stuff) bump it up to maybe 50, put pucks in until I can get the chlorine up to at least 3 ppm. Should I be testing it in the morning to see if it’s at 5 PPM and depleting to 1 PPM during the day? The pool gets sun all day. I read where my target should be 5 ppm with a minimum of 3 ppm but I can’t seem to get there!
Help!