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pH is low, but adding soda ash clouds the water with silt
OK, it took me a while, but I finally got around to re-testing. New numbers: TC 0 pH 7.1 FC 0 CC 0.5 CH 600 TA 170 CYA 100 (extended test) I came back from vacation and there was no choline. I have added bleach to adjust. The CYA test was tested with the extended test, using half the amount of...- sputicus
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pH is low, but adding soda ash clouds the water with silt
Thanks all. I will do the extended test for CYA. Quick responses below. Yesterday I added 128 oz of 8.25 household bleach. No issues with burning eyes before the addition, now I have them. Was trying to increase pH from 7.1 to ideal range 7.4 or so because I understood that was important to...- sputicus
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pH is low, but adding soda ash clouds the water with silt
Hi all. I found this site via google searches for this problem. After reading a few posts I was convinced to buy a TF-100 test kit to understand what my pool chemistry is doing and to be able to ask intelligently for help on this forum. Each spring I open the pool and try to get the pH up to...- sputicus
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