Hello,
I don't have any experience with pools and have a question about my chlorine level. I installed my pool at the end of June. Did the new water stabilization process....brought a sample to the local pool store and they told me how much to add of what.......Since then I have been just placing a 3" chlorine tablet in my skimmer. 1 Tablet a day. Most of the time there would be a tiny bit of yesterdays tablet left when I add the new tablet, sometimes yesterdays tablet would be completely gone. I also would shock the pool once a week with about 1/2 gallon of shock....per their recommendation. Everything seems great.
I have been very lazy on my testing. Mostly because the water has been, and still is, crystal clear. 1 week ago I tested the chlorine and ph levels using the cheap little testing kit that came with the pool. Not the strips, its an add 4 drops of this solution to here.........
My chlorine level was way off the chart, high. PH was high too. I stopped adding chlorine to let the level come down. Tested it a couple days later....still of the chart. A couple days after that.....still off the chart. Its been 7 or 8 days and it is still reading really high......off the chart still, but not as bad. Ph is still high to. The water has a bit of a chlorine sent, just like other pools I've been to......
Why won't the chlorine level come down? What should I do? I can't believe its been a week and still so high. I'm fine with just waiting it out, but not sure if its the right thing for me to do.
Thanks for any advice!
I don't have any experience with pools and have a question about my chlorine level. I installed my pool at the end of June. Did the new water stabilization process....brought a sample to the local pool store and they told me how much to add of what.......Since then I have been just placing a 3" chlorine tablet in my skimmer. 1 Tablet a day. Most of the time there would be a tiny bit of yesterdays tablet left when I add the new tablet, sometimes yesterdays tablet would be completely gone. I also would shock the pool once a week with about 1/2 gallon of shock....per their recommendation. Everything seems great.
I have been very lazy on my testing. Mostly because the water has been, and still is, crystal clear. 1 week ago I tested the chlorine and ph levels using the cheap little testing kit that came with the pool. Not the strips, its an add 4 drops of this solution to here.........
My chlorine level was way off the chart, high. PH was high too. I stopped adding chlorine to let the level come down. Tested it a couple days later....still of the chart. A couple days after that.....still off the chart. Its been 7 or 8 days and it is still reading really high......off the chart still, but not as bad. Ph is still high to. The water has a bit of a chlorine sent, just like other pools I've been to......
Why won't the chlorine level come down? What should I do? I can't believe its been a week and still so high. I'm fine with just waiting it out, but not sure if its the right thing for me to do.
Thanks for any advice!