Hello Everyone,
1st time pool owner. Built a 15k gallon pool with pebbletec lining completed last October. Since about April I've been fighting an endless war against pool chemistry gremlins using inadequate testing methods. I was officially at my wit's end until google help me find this site. (And with college degrees in both chemistry and chemical engineering, fighting pool chemistry has been a source of personal embarrassment ?).
Yesterday I got my testing kit and am now fully armed with data and tools. Look out!
I did get the 2005C kit from Amazon, and it appears I have enough reagents to last well into the next century.
Here are the numbers:
FC: 3
TC: 5
pH: cover your eyes bad, below 7, needed 15 drops to get to 7.4
TA: 50
CH: 280
CYA: 110
Used pool math to add the proper amount of bleach, borax, and baking soda. Plan to retest tonight.
I also have brown staining in the deep end which is probably from some poorly placed potted plants, but want to get balanced before tackling that. I know I need to drain and refill to lower the CYA but will probably have to wait until the weekend after next so I can be present for it.
Happy to have found this place!
1st time pool owner. Built a 15k gallon pool with pebbletec lining completed last October. Since about April I've been fighting an endless war against pool chemistry gremlins using inadequate testing methods. I was officially at my wit's end until google help me find this site. (And with college degrees in both chemistry and chemical engineering, fighting pool chemistry has been a source of personal embarrassment ?).
Yesterday I got my testing kit and am now fully armed with data and tools. Look out!
I did get the 2005C kit from Amazon, and it appears I have enough reagents to last well into the next century.
Here are the numbers:
FC: 3
TC: 5
pH: cover your eyes bad, below 7, needed 15 drops to get to 7.4
TA: 50
CH: 280
CYA: 110
Used pool math to add the proper amount of bleach, borax, and baking soda. Plan to retest tonight.
I also have brown staining in the deep end which is probably from some poorly placed potted plants, but want to get balanced before tackling that. I know I need to drain and refill to lower the CYA but will probably have to wait until the weekend after next so I can be present for it.
Happy to have found this place!