I’ve been reading this forum since before we started our pool in February, so have learned a lot along the way. Our builder completed our pool last week, and had his folks come out and do the startup chemistry. They added the salt at the end of last week, and have now turned us loose with the pool maintenance. It has been difficult working around all the rain and thunderstorms, but began working with the T100 test kit and trying out hand at the Pool Math app. Here are the results so far:
FC – 2.5
CC – 1
TC – 3
CH – 300
TA – 120
CYA – 20
pH – 8.4
Salt level – 3300 (PB recommends 3600, so probably need to add)
Using the Pool Math app on my phone, I added 2 qts of muriatic acid to knock the pH down, but haven’t done anything else yet, until I get some guidance from you all.
1 - According to PM, I should add 3 gal + 1 qt of stabilizer for the CYA. What kind of stabilizer, and is this amount correct? Or should I get some of the chlorine tabs and put them in the skimmer until the CYA raises to the recommended amount?
2 – It also said I need to add 31# of calcium chloride. Is this the salt or something else?
Please let me know if I have left anything out. Also, I’m not sure what order I need to do all this, or do I add it all at one time. I’m a little confused and don’t want to mess things up, but after using the T100 a couple of times, I feel like I can master this eventually. It’s kind of overwhelming at this point. Thanks for any help you can offer.
FC – 2.5
CC – 1
TC – 3
CH – 300
TA – 120
CYA – 20
pH – 8.4
Salt level – 3300 (PB recommends 3600, so probably need to add)
Using the Pool Math app on my phone, I added 2 qts of muriatic acid to knock the pH down, but haven’t done anything else yet, until I get some guidance from you all.
1 - According to PM, I should add 3 gal + 1 qt of stabilizer for the CYA. What kind of stabilizer, and is this amount correct? Or should I get some of the chlorine tabs and put them in the skimmer until the CYA raises to the recommended amount?
2 – It also said I need to add 31# of calcium chloride. Is this the salt or something else?
Please let me know if I have left anything out. Also, I’m not sure what order I need to do all this, or do I add it all at one time. I’m a little confused and don’t want to mess things up, but after using the T100 a couple of times, I feel like I can master this eventually. It’s kind of overwhelming at this point. Thanks for any help you can offer.