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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.

I can’t keep my Ph from rising and am wondering if I am overthinking Ph. I add MA when it approaches 8, but it jumps up .2 per day, and I end up adding 20 oz or so every 3 days. I feel like I’m tethered to my pool, and would like to leave town for more than a couple days. If I input the numbers...

Ok, so I closely watched everything after getting my numbers perfect. All readings were taken about the same time of day. Started with the following: Chlorine:4.0 Ph:7.3 TA:90 CH:300 CYA:60 Salt:3000 Then: Mon Ph 7.4 Tue Ph 7.6 Wed Ph 7.9; add 30oz MA; Ph 7.3 Thu Ph 7.6 Fri Ph 7.9; TA 80

Yes, auto fill. I was under the impression (TFL article about water quality) if I kept ph under control, TA would be ok. I guess I need to keep a better eye on it.

CYA can’t be high. Pool was drained for repair November. Chlorine demand was low all winter, so minimal tabs were used. I plan on testing CYA and if it’s 50ish, turning on the salt generator.

That’s where I’m confused. I’ve measured our TA at 110 last year. Being winter, water isn’t evaporating as quick, but with adding MA, the TA keeps dropping. Everything says with low TA, I should not have high PH.

80 was when the color completely changed. Before, the color was already red before adding drops. Also, technically the pool is somewhere around 8700.

Taylor test kit that is recommended here. I have a hard time with cya, I’ll test that tomorrow.

Before I added 25oz of acid and approx 8 lbs of baking soda, it was 8+ ph and no ta. It is now sitting at 7.2 ph and 80 ta. Chlorine is at 3, and ch at 375ish.

Yes. 25 oz or so. Currently TA is non existent.

I’ll do a full test tomorrow. I have a salt water generator, but had to drain the pool in the fall for a repair. When I filled it back up in November, I used tabs through the winter to chlorinate and add cya. Being winter, we weren’t using it, have no attached spa, and have not ran our...

My pool is a year and a half old, and I need to add a ton of acid. It is 9k gallons, and add 25 oz a week. After a week, it is dark purple on the Taylor test kit (8+). I just tested my TA and it is so low, it does not register. What do I need to do to get my ph to stabilize?

I too live in Vegas and battle ph and ta. The water here is alkaline. Just keep knocking it down.

I bought some Kem Tek this morning at Lowes.

Here’s the problem. Running 24/7, that SWG is only good for 20k gallons.