Hi
Had a weird day yesterday. Have green pool so gathered my bleach and test kit- tf-100 and started to get ready for the fight. My cya seemed to be 50 and my tc was 4 I decided to shock and tried to get it to 20. An hour later. When I added the r-870 I got a slight tinge of pink and after I swirled it it was clear...clear? So I panicked and decided to add enough to bring it again to 20 and an hour later. The test was the same but this time I added a drop of the r-871 (curiosity) and it started to turn pink..what the heck. I sent hubby to pool store this am for correct readings....see below
Test Name                             Acceptable Range      Value
Free Available Chlorine        1 to 4 ppm                  6.03 high
Total Chlorine                        1 to 4 ppm                  6.03 high
Combined Chlorine               <0.2ppm                     0 OK
Total Alkalinity                     80 to 120 ppm            221 high
pH level                                 7.2 to 7.6                    7.9 high
Calcium Hardness                 200 to 500 ppm          26 low
Cyanuric Acid                       20 to 50 ppm              19 low
Copper was 0
Iron was 0
Total Dissolved Solids          0 to 2000 ppm            0 OK
Saturated Index                     -0.3 to 0.3 ppm           -0.3 OK
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So I guess I am asking ...could my r-870 have gone bad over the winter? Was kept in a drawer away from water, heat, and cold
Pool store was telling my DH to flock and brush vacuum, back wash blah blah
I don't want to begin my TFP method of algae fighting unless I know I have my test kit working well
Thanks in advance
Becca
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Had a weird day yesterday. Have green pool so gathered my bleach and test kit- tf-100 and started to get ready for the fight. My cya seemed to be 50 and my tc was 4 I decided to shock and tried to get it to 20. An hour later. When I added the r-870 I got a slight tinge of pink and after I swirled it it was clear...clear? So I panicked and decided to add enough to bring it again to 20 and an hour later. The test was the same but this time I added a drop of the r-871 (curiosity) and it started to turn pink..what the heck. I sent hubby to pool store this am for correct readings....see below
Test Name                             Acceptable Range      Value
Free Available Chlorine        1 to 4 ppm                  6.03 high
Total Chlorine                        1 to 4 ppm                  6.03 high
Combined Chlorine               <0.2ppm                     0 OK
Total Alkalinity                     80 to 120 ppm            221 high
pH level                                 7.2 to 7.6                    7.9 high
Calcium Hardness                 200 to 500 ppm          26 low
Cyanuric Acid                       20 to 50 ppm              19 low
Copper was 0
Iron was 0
Total Dissolved Solids          0 to 2000 ppm            0 OK
Saturated Index                     -0.3 to 0.3 ppm           -0.3 OK
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So I guess I am asking ...could my r-870 have gone bad over the winter? Was kept in a drawer away from water, heat, and cold
Pool store was telling my DH to flock and brush vacuum, back wash blah blah
I don't want to begin my TFP method of algae fighting unless I know I have my test kit working well
Thanks in advance
Becca
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