I had my pool installed last fall, so this is my first time dealing with water chemistry. In the future I'll open it myself, but this year I had the pool company close it, and then opened it yesterday. Opening it up the water looked good (according to them). Not too cloudy, could see the bottom, just a little green to the water. Per their receipt, they added "A special cocktail of Turbo Shock, Algaekill II, Cannon Super Clarifier and Phosphate remover", along with 3 bags of salt as per my Autopilot recommendation. I let it run for 24 hrs and now the water looks pretty good.
I just went out to try testing the water for the first time with my TF-100 kit. The K-100 chlorine test shows zero chlorine, and a ph of around 7.2.
For CYA, I had the cylinder essentially full and I could still barely see the black dot. Cylinder maxes out at 20 so I called it a reading of 10
TA measured at 110.
I have Aquacheck salt test strips, and that is barely registering with a reading of 360ppm. My aquapilot reports 2700 ppm.
Only other item of note is that my Autopilot is only running at 1% right now, probably due to the water temperature being at 57. Not sure if that's relevant or not.
Just as a second test I used a all-in-one test strip that the pool company gave me. That one read a ph of 6.8, 0 chlorine, TA of 80, and stabilizer of 40
Anyway, seems like my water needs some help or maybe i need help in testing the water properly! I appreciate any insight!
I just went out to try testing the water for the first time with my TF-100 kit. The K-100 chlorine test shows zero chlorine, and a ph of around 7.2.
For CYA, I had the cylinder essentially full and I could still barely see the black dot. Cylinder maxes out at 20 so I called it a reading of 10
TA measured at 110.
I have Aquacheck salt test strips, and that is barely registering with a reading of 360ppm. My aquapilot reports 2700 ppm.
Only other item of note is that my Autopilot is only running at 1% right now, probably due to the water temperature being at 57. Not sure if that's relevant or not.
Just as a second test I used a all-in-one test strip that the pool company gave me. That one read a ph of 6.8, 0 chlorine, TA of 80, and stabilizer of 40
Anyway, seems like my water needs some help or maybe i need help in testing the water properly! I appreciate any insight!