Starting up a new plaster pool and have a few doubts, I've been studying up on this site for a few months but still seem to have myself confused and know that the group will set me straight. I seem to be having trouble getting my FC numbers up but will chalk that up to using tabs in the skimmer basket and maybe just takes time, started circulating on Friday night so been about 24 hours now. PB put a few 3" tabs in the skimmer basket and we've been running the pump 24/7 as per instructions from PB. Other chemicals added at start up were 8 gallons of Acid and a bottle of sequestrant. Instructions were to let the tabs dissolve and then switch to the skimmer safe sticks. Also monitor Ph and if it gets above 7.0 before Sunday night bring it back down to 7.0, starting Monday keep it at 7.5. I've been testing twice a day and the only test I seem to have an issue with is the TA, I have a TF-100 test kit and when I try to test for TA the sample goes directly to red when I add the second reagent (R-0008), this happened when I tested last night and then again tonight. I've tried re testing with same result, I tested my fill water when we were filling and had a TA of 100. So my question would be is this normal? Both trouble getting FC up and the TA numbers. My last test numbers are bellow. Any advice or comments welcome, I will also add that the pool seems very clear for being new plaster, not that I've seen new plaster before but I was expecting more plaster dust.
FC - 0.5
CC - 0.5
CH - 250
TA - ?
PH - 6.8
CYA - Not tested yet as I assume it has not built up enough to register
FC - 0.5
CC - 0.5
CH - 250
TA - ?
PH - 6.8
CYA - Not tested yet as I assume it has not built up enough to register