Your TA is high, which drags your pH up too. Use Muriatic Acid to lower both, then use aeration to raise the pH back up to 7.5 or so. Here are the directions--> Pool School - Lower Total Alkalinity
no i was not slamming my pool. the pool water has been crystal clear. i appreciate the link for the recommended levels. i had not seen that one. i am planning on going by the Depot on my way home tomorrow to pick up muriatic acid. would it be ok to just point my return jet up because i have not made a fountain yet.
Another option is to use a sump pump if you have one, placed on a stair secured and let the return hose pump that water immediately back into the pool with a bit of splash. But yeah, the return jet will work too, but perhaps slower.
So basically I do not need to do anything. Gonna have about 10 people over for 4th of July next weekend. Do you think it will be ok?
I think what everyone was saying was that once I put some muriatic acid in that it would bring TA down as well as ph. Then the aeration would help to bring ph back up. I think that is what was said
Yeah, I see where you were going but your pH is as high as you want it. Just leave everything alone and monitor. I would check pH daily because I think it will (on it's own) jump to 8.0 and THEN, you need to add muriatic to bring it down somewhere around 7.4....that's it...leave TA alone.
Monitor pH every day or couple of days. Post back if it jumps to 8.0 again. If it keeps doing that, THEN you can adjust TA.
Certainly, go swimming on the 4th. That what pools are for.
Yes, that's what was said. I personally would do it as I like things "in order" and as close to ideal as soon as possible. A high TA makes the pH rise faster. So its your call.
Apparently Duraleigh has more patience than I, knowing that throughout the season as your pH rises and you lower it with MA, it will eventually bring that TA down too.
Sounds good guys. Thanks for all the info. I think I will try to be patient. That is a virtue isn't it? I know it is hard to be patient with these pools. I know I want everything perfect overnight and it just cannot happen. If it jumps to over 8 I will be at the Depot buying some muriatic acid
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