First Home Water Test - what's the order of adding chem

[miked19]

Hi Everyone,

I did my first water test using the LaMotte ColorQ7. Here's my first numbers:

test	now	target	resolve
fcl/tcl	1.87/2.03	1	none
ph	7.2	7.5	25 oz weight washing soda
aly	142	90	none
ch	132	300	add 197 oz calcium chloride
cya	16	40	33 oz of stabilizer

My pool is a 21' round vinyl AGP. So which stuff do I add first? and how long before I add the next item.


Thanks everyone!

 

[MarianParoo]

Hi! Chlorine should be first and you need some. CYA next, but aim for 30 only. Don't add the washing soda. Your pH is fine until we know how your water looks. Besides, if you wanted to raise it, you should use borax, not washing soda. The soda will raise your TA too. No need to worry about CH until you get that heater. . How does your water look?

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Your target is 3ppm FC with your CYA of 20.

 

[miked19]

Thanks @MarianParoo. It's my first pool and it's been 3 weeks since it was filled.
As for chrlorine, I'm using the pool frog system. I have it set to 4.
For CYA, I should put it in a sock and keep it by the skimmer?
My water is clear.

 

[MarianParoo]

Yay! Put the sock in the skimmer. That's probably easiest. Remember to undershoot your dosage. Can you empty the frog?

 

[miked19]

I could empty the frog and just use itt when i go out of town or something. Dow you think a SWG is worth it?

 

[pooldv]

Yes, SWG makes life easier. No more buying and hauling bleach and adding every day or two. And, of course, no worrying about adding more CYA to your pool.

Are you using multiple devices to post? Make sure the show sig box is checked on each one. Once checked it will stay checked.

 

[MarianParoo]

I personally don't have a SWG. Most people that do, love them. I don't mind testing and adding chlorine and I vacation at home in our swim season. A new heater last fall tapped my pool budget...

 

[miked19]

I bought a 25lb bucket of dichlor before i fiund this site. Can i use that to raise my FC and CYA. Once i get my CYA to 20-30 then use liquid chlorine?

 

[MarianParoo]

Did you ever add that CYA?
Have you opened the bucket of dichlor? If not, can you return it?

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I realize that I didn't answer your question, but my reply depends on your answer... Also, what are your current test results?

 

[miked19]

I haven't added the CYA yet. It's at 22 right now. I've opened the dichlor and used it to increase the cya to the current level.

 

[MarianParoo]

That's fine! I am a dichlor user myself. You just need to understand that using it affects several variables at once. As for the frog, what pool frog do you have? Almost always they add chemicals that we feel are bad for pools. For vacations, there are safer alternatives.