Recent content by The Pool Nerd

Yes i did read some stuff from pool school, and yes, i have learned some things i did wrong, and it seems you've never heard the term of "nuke". a nuke kills everything, except roaches. Now, when you "shock" a pool, you kill everything in it. Thus, the slang for it, "nuke"

Ok, when i added stabilizer, i had to add twice as much as i should have, according to the pool calculator. And that got it up to 25ppm

But, it no longer seems that there is algae in the pool, but a bunch of calcium. so i don't see a huge reason of keeping it high. So, when my pool will be normal again, how would the shock process be done? wait for it to go down to 2ppm, or always keep it high?

Well, i guess i will, but then i would need to go shopping, and I wont be until next week.

Well, the cloudiness is gone, but that may be because i didn't move the water around. I thought 12ppm is the shock level, then wait for it to go down to 2ppm, and repeat. And no, i don't have a CH reading yet.

By nuke, i mean shock.... And i add one pound of shock to my pool.... it raises it to about that level.

Well, i tested it today, the total chlorine went down, 2ppm. Will be nuking it... The ph went back up to 7.6.

I actually added it before i read your post. :roll:

I don't have Free Chlorine! I only have Total Chlorine. and no, i added about 2.5~3.0 cups

Oh good! I got the Ph down to 7.2 and the alk is 190. the chlorine did drop though, 3 ppm

well, i have about a half a gal. of acid left, guess i will use it up and go buy some more at Lowes...

My test has total chlorine that goes like this, .5, 1, 2, 3, and 5ppm. I don't know why the numbers don't go higher, but thats what i have. Most tests i also saw, also only went up to five. that was in a pool store. Even the guy who does the tests for free for me, his also only goes up to five...

My CYA is about 30ppm. I have been trying to adjust the ph and alk, but it never seems to go down. No matter how much acid i add.

The more and more i think about it, the more and more i think it is calcium deposit from it. it settles like sand, does not dilute easily, and seems just like the stuff we have to remove from our water heater. (we have a lot of calcium in our water already.) But i did try the CH test again, and...