2 month old pool that we are maintaining ourselves. All has been going well, brushing a couple of times per week, adding acid every other day to keep the PH in line due to, I'm assuming to the Pebbletech curing.
Testing PH and chlorine daily, full tests once a week.
Results from this past Saturday were:
PH=7.8
FC=3.0
CC=.5
CH=400
TA=80
CYA=70
Salt=3400
I added 14oz of acid and raised the SWG from 20% to 30%
We have a large black Labrador who loves the water and we have trouble keeping him out.
My daughter and I swam with him on Sunday for a couple of hours. On Monday the PH was back at 7.8 and chlorine dropped to 2PPM. I added 12oz of acid and raised the SWG to 45%.
Tuesday PH was good at 7.5, but the chlorine dropped to 1PPM, raised the SWG to 50%
Today, Wednesday, PH creeped back to 7.8, chlorine at 0, I checked CYA which was 45. I added 12 oz of acid, added a gallon of bleach, currently running the SWG on "boost" for 6 hours. I also added 32oz of stabilizer in a sock in the skimmer to get CYA up to 70-80.
Questions:
Although we have been using the spa a couple of times, I would characterize our usage or load (from humans) as rather light. What effect does the dog have on the bather load?, he was the primary user on Monday, probably in fo 3-5 hours.
Second question, what would cause the CYA to drop off, I had to add stabilizer 2 weeks ago because it was on the low side?
thanks for any help or input!
Testing PH and chlorine daily, full tests once a week.
Results from this past Saturday were:
PH=7.8
FC=3.0
CC=.5
CH=400
TA=80
CYA=70
Salt=3400
I added 14oz of acid and raised the SWG from 20% to 30%
We have a large black Labrador who loves the water and we have trouble keeping him out.
My daughter and I swam with him on Sunday for a couple of hours. On Monday the PH was back at 7.8 and chlorine dropped to 2PPM. I added 12oz of acid and raised the SWG to 45%.
Tuesday PH was good at 7.5, but the chlorine dropped to 1PPM, raised the SWG to 50%
Today, Wednesday, PH creeped back to 7.8, chlorine at 0, I checked CYA which was 45. I added 12 oz of acid, added a gallon of bleach, currently running the SWG on "boost" for 6 hours. I also added 32oz of stabilizer in a sock in the skimmer to get CYA up to 70-80.
Questions:
Although we have been using the spa a couple of times, I would characterize our usage or load (from humans) as rather light. What effect does the dog have on the bather load?, he was the primary user on Monday, probably in fo 3-5 hours.
Second question, what would cause the CYA to drop off, I had to add stabilizer 2 weeks ago because it was on the low side?
thanks for any help or input!