Hi,
So I finally broke down and bought a taylor test kit after my old liner bleached out and ripped to bits over winter.
I unfortunately used the pool store to check my numbers, and I think they used teh incorrect pool size when recommending chemicals (odd - even after they measured and installed the liner).
After adding their chemicals I checked the numbers 4 days ago and go these:
PH 8.0
Alk 240
Calcium hardness 150
CYA 47
FC 0.5
CC 1
I realized I let my chloranator run empty so I threw in some tricloro tablets. I also added some calcium and PH decreaser I had in the shed.
Numbers today
PH 7.4 -7.5
ALK 200
CYA 34
FC 5.4
CC 0
Forgot to rerun the calcium hardness.
Do the numbers look okay or I need to actively lower the alkalinity (will the use of the tricloro tablets lower it)? How do I lower the FC?
This is my second year owning a pool, and while I have looked into the BBB method I am not sure I can keep it up (being honest) since the season is only 3 months to enjoy the summer..
So I finally broke down and bought a taylor test kit after my old liner bleached out and ripped to bits over winter.
I unfortunately used the pool store to check my numbers, and I think they used teh incorrect pool size when recommending chemicals (odd - even after they measured and installed the liner).
After adding their chemicals I checked the numbers 4 days ago and go these:
PH 8.0
Alk 240
Calcium hardness 150
CYA 47
FC 0.5
CC 1
I realized I let my chloranator run empty so I threw in some tricloro tablets. I also added some calcium and PH decreaser I had in the shed.
Numbers today
PH 7.4 -7.5
ALK 200
CYA 34
FC 5.4
CC 0
Forgot to rerun the calcium hardness.
Do the numbers look okay or I need to actively lower the alkalinity (will the use of the tricloro tablets lower it)? How do I lower the FC?
This is my second year owning a pool, and while I have looked into the BBB method I am not sure I can keep it up (being honest) since the season is only 3 months to enjoy the summer..