high alkalinity

Hello! I have lots of things by the looks of my first reading that need to be adjusted. I was so sick of the pool store and going back every few days when opening to make sure I had it right and I wanted to start doing it myself which is where I found this site :) I had to lower my CYA as it...

I have finally got my pool from a green pond to a blue hazy color. I cannot believe the amount of chemicals it took to get to here. I have attached a picture of my current levels but am having issues keeping/ raising my FC and PH. My Alkalinity is way high while my saturation is super low. Can...

I've got these test strips that test for both Chlorine and Bromine separately and my bromine levels keep showing high, like the upper limit of the range on the test. See photo. This is a new pool, I used well water that has been run through a home filter and a water softener, and the only...

Hey everyone. I am new to the TFP forums. I posted about a week ago with my initial problem, which I mainly saw as low pH and high Alkalinity (High Alkalinity, Low pH. Aeration.). Other users replied, telling me that I probably had bigger problems, and that the first step was to get a...

Hey everyone. I'm new to the forum. I'm heading into my fifth year as a pool owner but still consider myself very much a novice. For the first 1-2 years, I hired a company to do my pool care. Then, a neighbor taught me basic water balancing. I bought some test strips, and some chlorine...

Hello TFP Members! I am questioning everything about our pool and how it is maintained. I will try and make this post concise so that answers and recommendations can be easily offered. I have already done much reading here and have concluded that most of what I have been doing in maintaining...

Which products are safe use to lower and raise ph with the poolrx?

Hi TFPerss, I checked the water yesterday. I wanted to bounce these numbers off you all. FC 5 CC 0 pH 7.5 TA 110 CH 300 CYA 30 water temp 87 My pool is not salt water. Resurfaced some years back to Wet Edge Satin Matrix (it's aggregate). My CSI shows things are okay. I float one puck at a time...

Hi all, I just had my liner replaced so all the water was delivered fresh yesterday. I checked readings prior to starting with the chems and got this: pH: 7.2 Free Chlorine: 0.1 TA: 250 (lotta limestone near here) Calcium: 318 CYA: 4 I have a 22k gal SWG pool with a vinyl liner. I hit it...

Hello, I use 12.5% liquid chlorine and 31.45% muriatic acid for maintenance. I have been battling high PH and somewhat high TA for a year now and can’t get it down. I moved in about a year ago and after testing the water the CYA was so high I couldn’t measure it. The TA was 180 and PH...

Hello, I moved into a house about 3 months ago with a 20k gallon inground plaster pool that was build in 2006. The previous owners used the same pool guy for the last 10+ years. He only ever uses pucks and powder shock. I asked him about the CYA and he said it's an old myth that doesn't matter...

I had a few questions for you guys. I read that aeration will help bring up PH if Using MA to drop it in regards to controlling alkalinity. So... I used a fireplace brick, cleaned it heavily, and tied an air chuck to it and ran the compressor to try to aerate the water to bring PH up. I've tried...

Hi everyone, this is my first post but I've been coming across answers on this forum that have been all kinds of help since I took over maintaining my own pool. I'm happy to now be a member of such a great community! Anyway, I took over maintenance of my own pool starting in November and have...

Hello Community! First, I would like to thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. I appreciate having these forums as a resource and have done extensive research and reading while on my quest to conquer a recurring issue I'm having. Thank you in advance for your helpful comments and...

So I learned my lesson on using the app and paying attention to what I type into the app and what it suggests. In the TA, I accidentally set the Current TA to 8 and the Target TA is 80. So it recommended that I put in 5 lbs of Baking Soda. I put in 4 lbs of Baking Soda and now the pool is...

Hey guys I'm new to this whole pool ownership. I have 16x48 ultra frame Intex 5,061 gal sand filter.. My Alkalinity is a high & water is a bit cloudy.... Ph level is perfect now used PH down. No chlorine yet as this is a new setup. I did add 1gt of metal out powder today but Alkalinity is still...

Hello all. About a week and a half ago I opened my 24' round by 54" deep above ground pool and started trying to balance it. Last week the local pool store tested my water and had me add 25 pounds of Maintain Pro alkalinity increase. Now my TA is at the top of the test limit, 240. My pH is...

I read recently, on another forum citing this one, that it is generally OK to let TA levels fall below those recommended if that's what is needed to keep pH down. I haven't been able to find those threads so it would be great if someone could point me to them. It has been tough to keep the TA...