I have been trying to get my pool in order from green soup with 100% CYA loss, and presumably ammonia from it breaking down. The pool is clear and passing overnight tests finally, but my CYA is barely 25ppm, and maybe 20 depending how much I squint in the CYA test, even after adding 3 gallons of liquid conditioner from Leslies. Each gallon of conditioner is supposed to bring 10k gallons up to 30ppm, so I should be close to 30ppm with my 31k gallon pool. 40 would better this time of year. I figure either my calculations are off on the size of pool, or the conditioner does not go as far as advertised.
The pool is a traditional system family pool with a deep end and an irregular kidney shape. Years ago I calculated the volume by breaking it up in rectangles on paper and measuring multiple times to help estimate the size of those chunks which when added gave me the total. Is there a clever way to do this that might be more accurate than that? I don't have any paperwork from the pool's construction.
What about the conditioner? Anyone else see it not quite top of like it says on the label?
I have a 5lb bag of dry conditional that takes a week to disperse. I was thinking about dumping that in the skimmer using an amount that will bring the CYA up to 35-40ppm, throwing tabs in the float and testing daily to make sure I don't hit 0 FC. Is this a good plan? I don't really want to spend another $50 on another gallon of conditioner.
Thanks,
The pool is a traditional system family pool with a deep end and an irregular kidney shape. Years ago I calculated the volume by breaking it up in rectangles on paper and measuring multiple times to help estimate the size of those chunks which when added gave me the total. Is there a clever way to do this that might be more accurate than that? I don't have any paperwork from the pool's construction.
What about the conditioner? Anyone else see it not quite top of like it says on the label?
I have a 5lb bag of dry conditional that takes a week to disperse. I was thinking about dumping that in the skimmer using an amount that will bring the CYA up to 35-40ppm, throwing tabs in the float and testing daily to make sure I don't hit 0 FC. Is this a good plan? I don't really want to spend another $50 on another gallon of conditioner.
Thanks,