So I've been fighting keeping up with my chlorine levels and every couple weeks I've been adding a jug of liquid to just keep up. In the beginning of July I put in 4lbs and in September I put in another 4lbs of this Stabilizer however I checked it again yesterday and basically measured zero on my test kit. That said, I am in South Florida and we did just experience 3 days of straight rain due to hurricane Ian so I am not too surprised its dropped.. it just seems excessive.
My main problem is even with my SWG at 100% I will slowly get too low of FC and need to add liquid which then spikes my FC to like 15 rather than what it should be of 3-5... This balancing act is getting old, especially cause up until this year I've been able to maintain my FC levels with just the SWG and I don't think I've ever been above 95%
I did a overnight FC loss test last night and had almost nothing lost, so I dont think I have an algae issue. I have also recently cleaned my SWG cell.. (it was pretty bad) but it cleaned up nicely.
Should I add another 4lbs of this stabilizer? Is this just a bad brand? Should I try something else?
FWIW I measured my chemistry last night at 7pm and this morning at 6:30am
7PM:
FC 14.6
CC 0
PH >8 (I added a few ounces of Acid)
TA 80
CH 400
CYA 0
6:30AM
FC 14.2
CC 0
PH 7.6
TA 80
CH 400
CYA 0
On a side note, I have real bad copper staining and I am preparing to use Jacks Magic to treat it but I've been waiting for the water to get too cool to swim in... I suspect after I do the treatment I will need to drain the water out.. should I even bother with the CYA at this point?
My main problem is even with my SWG at 100% I will slowly get too low of FC and need to add liquid which then spikes my FC to like 15 rather than what it should be of 3-5... This balancing act is getting old, especially cause up until this year I've been able to maintain my FC levels with just the SWG and I don't think I've ever been above 95%
I did a overnight FC loss test last night and had almost nothing lost, so I dont think I have an algae issue. I have also recently cleaned my SWG cell.. (it was pretty bad) but it cleaned up nicely.
Should I add another 4lbs of this stabilizer? Is this just a bad brand? Should I try something else?
FWIW I measured my chemistry last night at 7pm and this morning at 6:30am
7PM:
FC 14.6
CC 0
PH >8 (I added a few ounces of Acid)
TA 80
CH 400
CYA 0
6:30AM
FC 14.2
CC 0
PH 7.6
TA 80
CH 400
CYA 0
On a side note, I have real bad copper staining and I am preparing to use Jacks Magic to treat it but I've been waiting for the water to get too cool to swim in... I suspect after I do the treatment I will need to drain the water out.. should I even bother with the CYA at this point?
Last edited:
