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Pretty confident it was low enough to not read. It started out red, not green. After I added 8ish lbs of baking soda, it went up to 80-90. That puts it between 10 and 20.

No scale issues, but had flakes out of the jets. I’d add MA and it went away. What is your opinion on borates? I understand it won’t reduce my need for acid, but it just goes up so fast.

Just upgraded and updated my log. Thank you for all the help. I’ll keep monitoring and see if/where it tops out. Will I damage anything with Ph that high? Thank you much for everything.

No softened water. Pool was drained last November for a small repair. Do I need to subscribe to log? I haven’t done that yet.

Not sure how to do that. This was last Saturday after I added 30 oz of MA: Chlorine:4.0 Ph:7.3 TA:90 CH:300 CYA:60 Salt:3000

Did that earlier this morning. It appears every drop lowered it .2. 2 drops changed the color to between 7.4 and 7.6.

Here’s 4 drops. Still looks more purple than orange to me. Will I ruin my pool if I leave for a week and a half and not be here to add MA?

So I’m reading it wrong? I’ll try 4 drops.

Here’s how it’s been this week: Monday 7.4 Tuesday 7.6 Wednesday 7.9 add 30 oz. To 7.3 Thurs 7.6 Friday 7.9. TA 80

Test strips and Leslie’s are all in line with what I get.

I have a waterfall I don’t run for fear of Ph rise. Pool is almost 20 months old, so assuming plaster is not it. I’m just adding standard Home Depot/Lowes Muratic acid. Chlorine is handled by the SWG. Am I a good candidate for borates? I feel I can’t go on vacation for fear of Ph climbing.

Taylor test kit suggested here.

My TA was near zero after winter of battling Ph with little fill water (still had high Ph). Last weekend I added approx 8 lbs of baking soda to get it where it is. I can’t keep my Ph in check.