The post title says it all.
I am a new pool owner. We have an 18' x 52" above-ground pool, roughly 8300 gallons. The pool math app has suggested very low amounts of my 12.5% liquid chlorine to raise my FC. I ended up adding 256 oz of the liquid chlorine and the FC level is still 0. My CYA level is 0 as well and I do plan on adding some soon (I've been doing some research and it seems like 3lbs would bring me to my target of 45).
My question is this - why does the pool math app and any other online pool calculator suggest such a low amount of liquid chlorine? Do I have some other kind of issue since my FC level is not rising at all? I am feeling a bit overwhelmed and really don't want to mess up the water to the point that I need to drain it.
Thank you!
I am a new pool owner. We have an 18' x 52" above-ground pool, roughly 8300 gallons. The pool math app has suggested very low amounts of my 12.5% liquid chlorine to raise my FC. I ended up adding 256 oz of the liquid chlorine and the FC level is still 0. My CYA level is 0 as well and I do plan on adding some soon (I've been doing some research and it seems like 3lbs would bring me to my target of 45).
My question is this - why does the pool math app and any other online pool calculator suggest such a low amount of liquid chlorine? Do I have some other kind of issue since my FC level is not rising at all? I am feeling a bit overwhelmed and really don't want to mess up the water to the point that I need to drain it.
Thank you!
