- Jun 17, 2016
- 15
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Intex Krystal Clear
Hello. I’ve been lurking here for a couple of years and this year I decided I was going to jump in. I cleaned my hot tub and added fresh water. The specifics are in my signature. My Taylor test kit came today, I had been using the HTH from Walmart, and my test was as follows: Bromine 5.4, pH was off of the chart (added 27 drops of the acid demand reagent to get a pH of 7.4, TA 150, CH 140. I added the recommended amount of Borax yesterday but my strips aren’t in yet to test my level. I wasn’t sure what to with/about the pH result so I guessed that my pH was >10 but put into the pool math app as 10 to get an idea of what I needed to do. The app recommended 22 oz of 31.45% Muriatic acid. Well I did that and my water that was beautiful and clear turned yellow, like urine! Please help, what did I do wrong?