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Thats all I have been doing is reading and rereading that thing, although I must say.... Theres alot missing from that document from a noob perspective. Alot of it is things that are "assumed to be known" that shouldnt be.

What does that mean?

It's vinyl. It's 210 gallons. It has been up for just over 8 days. Drain already? My water tests balanced. 7.4 PH - 130 CH - 50 Borate - 35 CYA - 50 ALK - Temp 104F Added bleach to raise the 3.5 FC to 7 FC last night Woke up and tested about 10 minutes ago at 5.7 FC and .7 CC thats a loss of...

Just got back in from testing and It went from 4.5 FC this morning to 3.5 just now and only .5 CC It seems like I killed whatever it was, does it not? I mean I can SLAM it more... I'm not sure we feel comfortable using it that high of FC, but only half a PPM loss overnight and only 1ppm over...

Overnight last night, as you can see from the chart for last night I had 5 FC. So, this morning about 7:40 I had 4.5 FC still and 1 CC. I am about to go out and test again. Do you think i still need to SLAM? I did not add chlorine this morning as the small loss was encouraging. Maybe I will...

I dont think i understand bather load? This is an inflatable, it doesnt remove water surface debris from soaks super well. When I've added chlorine, I get alot of foam, which I skim off the surface. The water looks clear, there is just some dead skin after soaks. Started reading about...

I have obtained water balance. Thank you to everyone who helped me during my moment of panic and the days since. I am still adding dichlor for daily chlorine until I get CYA up to 30. FC - 4 PH - 7.6 ALK - 50 CH - 110 This question is about the saturation index. So, in pool math when I plug...

I am not an expert. However, have you read this sticky? It does cover what you are experiencing. Look specifically under Water Balance, under Alkalinity, 4th and 5th paragraph. As to specifics of why, I can only assume it is because the air causes gas exchange and off gasses CO2. But I could...

I see from reading threads that all chlorine adds salt. Having a harder time finding a "how much is too much" answer. Oops your response didnt come up until I had already hit submit!

Tub is Intex. Indeed, min and max lines confirmed. I'm in the middle of the lines. I had no idea there was more stuff below the main form at the top of PoolMath! Sigh. Bloody heck, man! Ah, "by weight" ok. Noted.

Right. In all of the mess, I mis-read PoolMaths CYA section as dichlor, that was my mistake. Dont panic and dont rush. Best advice I could give someone new. Yes, bad things can happen, but dont let all the scary talk of bacteria and algae push you into panicked rushing. All of the little...

I certainly did. I also was in a bit of a panic that morning what with the test kit fiasco and not wanting to have things growing in there! I'll go ahead and add the Boric Acid. After I reread it and it said "shock to 10ppm", I hoped that because the granulated I have does not really work...

Somehow I missed that, even though I read it before, out of everything due to my panic over the test kit gone missing, the unsuredness over testing and chem adding temps. (I emailed Taylor about testing temps, though I thought that was covered automatically chem wise and on the little wheel.) I...

That was not clear from the sticky at all. It never even makes reference to any amount of time when it says gradual. I thought it meant over hours. I dont believe I am quite at 30. Before the debacle with my test kit (it got thrown away) the CYA was not yet testing 30 and I stopped dosing at...

1. 2. Dang, good to know. 3. 4. I added dichlor earlier. It's granulated. I used the solid numbers. It dilutes into water fast. I added gradually. It definitely took my chlorine way up, but I have not yet quite reached my CYA numbers before death happened. Poolmath, as I read elsewhere, isnt...

Added Dichlor by poolmath numbers to get cya to 30ppm. I have granulated Dichlor. I used the solid numbers from poolmath rather than the liquid. It definitely dissapates fast, raised my chlorine and free chlorine much higher (Beyond 3ppm by far) but as warned in the forums in old posts, poolmath...

THANK YOU SO MUCH POOLDV No need to add bleach after dichlor for, at the least 24 hours, right. Because the Dichlor will raise chlorine quite high and it will take at least 24 hours to go down, am i correct in this thinking?

It's a spa. 210 gallon. AG, inflatable. Cartridge filter. We've never used the tub. Just filled it last night, waters nearing 85 degrees. Concerned about growth of unwanted things. I dont have a calc test (long story). Alk tests a tad low at 40. Can add my dichlor to my spa first, just to...

I have read the sticky here: https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/9670-How-do-I-use-Chlorine-in-my-Spa-(or-pool) Questions I still have: 1. Do I need to wait to test water until it hits temperature? 2. Do I need to wait until it hits temperature to add chemicals? 3. How often is gradual on...