I had my cya at 50 last year if I remember correctly, but am now switching over to an swg with a sand filter in the next week or so to get ready to open pool for the year. I want to avoid a green swamp so have already started doing some work with the pool even though it is not swimmable just yet temp wise...
a few questions:
if I need to raise my CYA to approx. 80-90 for an swg system (I think that is what I read, will double check as I go along before jumping off the cliff) - is it ok to use pucks to keep water chlorinated and slowly raise cya over the next few weeks rather than getting a container of stabilizer? just want to verify that one or the other is just as good since I am looking to raise my cya purposefully ...I will need to check it before I do anything as I did use a few pucks over the winter...if they raise your cya much, I may have the battle half won already, LOL
also hoping to get the salt I will need, so getting ready to start looking around the forum a bit to see how much I will need approximately so that I can go ahead and get that in hand...I will get a bit more than needed so that I can be sure I have not miscalculated.
last thing here - if I find that my swg is not keeping up with the chlorine levels I need to be at, is it ok to supplement with some bleach as needed? I hope that doesn't happen, but if it does, I can't really run out and buy a new swg unfortunately and will have to find a way to make things work for now....
I learned so much last year and since I am switching over, I have some info that carries over and a whole bunch of new stuff to figure out now!
thanks in advance for any advice
a few questions:
if I need to raise my CYA to approx. 80-90 for an swg system (I think that is what I read, will double check as I go along before jumping off the cliff) - is it ok to use pucks to keep water chlorinated and slowly raise cya over the next few weeks rather than getting a container of stabilizer? just want to verify that one or the other is just as good since I am looking to raise my cya purposefully ...I will need to check it before I do anything as I did use a few pucks over the winter...if they raise your cya much, I may have the battle half won already, LOL
also hoping to get the salt I will need, so getting ready to start looking around the forum a bit to see how much I will need approximately so that I can go ahead and get that in hand...I will get a bit more than needed so that I can be sure I have not miscalculated.
last thing here - if I find that my swg is not keeping up with the chlorine levels I need to be at, is it ok to supplement with some bleach as needed? I hope that doesn't happen, but if it does, I can't really run out and buy a new swg unfortunately and will have to find a way to make things work for now....
I learned so much last year and since I am switching over, I have some info that carries over and a whole bunch of new stuff to figure out now!
thanks in advance for any advice