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Every morning my fc drop to 0. I add 41oz bleach this morning. My fc target 2-6. How do I keep my fc around 2?
This is where keeping a good journal for your pool will come in handy.
What I did in the beginning was test FC and pH every morning and evening. I put that in my pool's journal as well as the weather for the day. That helped me learn what I needed to do each day depending on the weather and bather load.
What your pool is telling you is that it is using more FC than you thought it would. I would push your FC up towards the top of the FC/CYA ratio for your CYA. Look down at my siggy below to find the chart.
Kim
What I did in the beginning was test FC and pH every morning and evening. I put that in my pool's journal as well as the weather for the day. That helped me learn what I needed to do each day depending on the weather and bather load.
What your pool is telling you is that it is using more FC than you thought it would. I would push your FC up towards the top of the FC/CYA ratio for your CYA. Look down at my siggy below to find the chart.
Kim
I raise fc to 2 yesterday morning. With heavy rain last night my fc at 1 this morning.
Losing 1 FC during the day is pretty good. I lose about 2 to 3 a day during the summer.
-Make sure all big piece of *stuff* is out of the pool.
-Make sure equipment works
-Drain water if needed
-Run pump for about an hour then test water
-Balance pool water as needed from the tests above.
Here is a link to a post a great member made. Look for post #18. It has what you can do get ready for a big storm.
Pool Renovation
I hope this helps.
Kim
-Make sure equipment works
-Drain water if needed
-Run pump for about an hour then test water
-Balance pool water as needed from the tests above.
Here is a link to a post a great member made. Look for post #18. It has what you can do get ready for a big storm.
Pool Renovation
I hope this helps.
Kim
Last night I saw some bugs swimming in the pool. There are 2 different types. They were after big rain. How do I make them go away?
Up your FC to SLAM level for your CYA. The chart is in my signature below. Look for FC/CYA. If you want to swim keep the FC a tiny bit under the SLAM level and you can still swim.
Fc 1
Ph 7.8
Ch 150
Ta 60
Cya 20
I add 33oz of bleach and 61oz ta increase. And last some calcium. I add this 3 things about 5 to 10 min a part. There some more rain today. Water still clear.
Ph 7.8
Ch 150
Ta 60
Cya 20
I add 33oz of bleach and 61oz ta increase. And last some calcium. I add this 3 things about 5 to 10 min a part. There some more rain today. Water still clear.
Thanks. But I think I’m 25% out of 100%. I have not start test cc or do the slam yet. There are so many more to learn.
Well we don't WANT you to need to do a SLAM. The SLAM is only if your water get algae. You can bring the FC up to SLAM level if you get a dead animal in it, a child has a potty accident in the pool, if you get a lot of stuff in your water from a big storm, etc.
As far as doing the cc test it would be a good idea to learn how to do it as it can show you if there is anything hiding in your water. It is easy. Just remember the water will turn back to pink if you let it sit after doing the FC or the CC test. Don't worry about it. Once you get the test water to clear call it good.
As far as doing the cc test it would be a good idea to learn how to do it as it can show you if there is anything hiding in your water. It is easy. Just remember the water will turn back to pink if you let it sit after doing the FC or the CC test. Don't worry about it. Once you get the test water to clear call it good.
My 28 days pool start-up almost here. My cya still did not get to 30. And calcium was 175 but now 150. I’m try not to exceed 200
Do I need to keep the pump running when I raise fc to slam level? How long do I keep the pump running for?
I run my pump for about 30 mins after I add anything to make sure it is mixed in good.
I raise fc to slam level Sunday and today but I see bugs swimming in the water. What else should I do?
This morning test
Fc 2
Ta 80
Ch 17
I add 1 gallon and 2 cups of bleach.
This morning test
Fc 2
Ta 80
Ch 17
I add 1 gallon and 2 cups of bleach.
It may take a couple/few days of keeping your FC just below SLAM level to kill them. They are hardy little buggers 
It look like my cya is now 0. Can the rain lower the cya from 20 to 0 with 2 days of big rains? I just bought this new hth pod Stabilizier. According them to use 1 pod at a time. Can I use more then 1 to raise my cya faster? According to pool math I need 3 lbs, 4 oz
You can put them in a sock and hang them in front of the return to get them in faster. I would only add enough to get the CYA up to 30 for right now. You may have some but it is so low it will not show on the test. Better to add to little as it is easy to add more if needed.