Hello folks...
Brand new to the pool game here...
Inherited a 24' round when we bought our new house so Ive been scouring message boards on how to maintain this thing...
Pool started out filthy as the old owners decided to move last Sept and didn't bother winterizing the pool properly... found it take about 4 months for leaves to break down into a mess that even a sand filter has an issue filtering...Water was clear but green and cruddy.
So far Ive filled, cleaned, tested, shocked, tested, filtered, tested, backwashed, cleaned, tested, added floating chlor tabs, tested, filtered... and so on...
Right now the pool is sitting at (only have an OTO at the moment.. DPD on the way)
TC - 1
PH - 7.4ish
TA - 210
TH - 230
CYA - well below 30
Ive recently added a bit of dry acid (3lb bottle.. added about 2lbs...all I had at the time) to get the TA into a more manageable range.. I haven't tested the TA yet today but I put so little dry acid in I know its not going to change the TA that much. I did test the PH and it dropped from 7.8 to 7.4. I know its going to take a while to get that in 100 range..
SO my question is, should I continue to tackle the TA or go after the very low CYA first? Ive read about the sock method for adding CYA and I plan on doing that. I know it will drop my PH in the process so can I continue to fiddle with the TA while the stabilizer is hanging in the pool or will I be counter-productive and chase my tail until the stabilizer is dissolved?
Brand new to the pool game here...
Inherited a 24' round when we bought our new house so Ive been scouring message boards on how to maintain this thing...
Pool started out filthy as the old owners decided to move last Sept and didn't bother winterizing the pool properly... found it take about 4 months for leaves to break down into a mess that even a sand filter has an issue filtering...Water was clear but green and cruddy.
So far Ive filled, cleaned, tested, shocked, tested, filtered, tested, backwashed, cleaned, tested, added floating chlor tabs, tested, filtered... and so on...
Right now the pool is sitting at (only have an OTO at the moment.. DPD on the way)
TC - 1
PH - 7.4ish
TA - 210
TH - 230
CYA - well below 30
Ive recently added a bit of dry acid (3lb bottle.. added about 2lbs...all I had at the time) to get the TA into a more manageable range.. I haven't tested the TA yet today but I put so little dry acid in I know its not going to change the TA that much. I did test the PH and it dropped from 7.8 to 7.4. I know its going to take a while to get that in 100 range..
SO my question is, should I continue to tackle the TA or go after the very low CYA first? Ive read about the sock method for adding CYA and I plan on doing that. I know it will drop my PH in the process so can I continue to fiddle with the TA while the stabilizer is hanging in the pool or will I be counter-productive and chase my tail until the stabilizer is dissolved?