Good Saturday Morning All!
Sorry I have been a little sparse on posting lately. This box unpacking has been kickin my bootay. I have been testing and maintaining the pool regularly though. Today's results:
FC 7.5. I am testing FC both morning and night. Generally I am losing .5 over night and .5 over the course of the day. According to pool math, I'm adding 40 oz 10% pool essentials chlorinating liquid both morning and night which is working great.
CC 0
pH 7.6
TA 90
CH 225
CYA 45
I feel pretty good about these levels from what I read across the forums and in pool school.
The CH has had me wondering a bit. When I ran my first test two weeks ago I got CH 375. But I did not use the speedster on the first test because I was too overwhelmed to figure it out. Since I've had the speedstir up and running, my CH test has been giving me a wide variety of results. My first test with speedstir showed 275. Next 225. 275. 250. 225. 200. 225. 300. And now this morning back to 225. I know CH does not leave the water. My fill water has a low CH of 150. I'm having to add water every day. Is that normal? It has been very windy here for the last two days and earlier this week it was high sun and 90 degrees for two days. So I bought some calcium chloride granular because I have been thinking I'm gonna have to boost the CH now and then. I have not used it yet because I want advice on exactly where I should try to keep my level. Most of my reading says 300 is about right. I know there is a range. But how low should I let it go before I boost it? I'm thinking 225 is probably the most reliable current number from my tests.
Also, when I first got the pool two weeks ago, the pH was high around 8.2 or more. I lowered it to 7.4 with MA and it has been nice and steady for two weeks with a gradual rise to 7.6 today. I am looking into adding borates at some point. My TA has been running steady in the 80-90 range since I lowered pH. Are these levels ok for now considering that I may add borates at some point or should I be preparing them for the eventual add?
One more...I also bought conditioner CYA because I know I will have to boost this now and then. I started with 50 two weeks ago and now I'm getting 40-45. At what level should I boost that up a bit? My pool is in full sun. Right now it's not eating that much because it's not hot yet and we've had a lot of cloudy days. But I know when we get in season I'm going to need to find the right level of CYA to protect the most chlorine possible.
Thanks everyone!
Crystal
Sorry I have been a little sparse on posting lately. This box unpacking has been kickin my bootay. I have been testing and maintaining the pool regularly though. Today's results:
FC 7.5. I am testing FC both morning and night. Generally I am losing .5 over night and .5 over the course of the day. According to pool math, I'm adding 40 oz 10% pool essentials chlorinating liquid both morning and night which is working great.
CC 0
pH 7.6
TA 90
CH 225
CYA 45
I feel pretty good about these levels from what I read across the forums and in pool school.
The CH has had me wondering a bit. When I ran my first test two weeks ago I got CH 375. But I did not use the speedster on the first test because I was too overwhelmed to figure it out. Since I've had the speedstir up and running, my CH test has been giving me a wide variety of results. My first test with speedstir showed 275. Next 225. 275. 250. 225. 200. 225. 300. And now this morning back to 225. I know CH does not leave the water. My fill water has a low CH of 150. I'm having to add water every day. Is that normal? It has been very windy here for the last two days and earlier this week it was high sun and 90 degrees for two days. So I bought some calcium chloride granular because I have been thinking I'm gonna have to boost the CH now and then. I have not used it yet because I want advice on exactly where I should try to keep my level. Most of my reading says 300 is about right. I know there is a range. But how low should I let it go before I boost it? I'm thinking 225 is probably the most reliable current number from my tests.
Also, when I first got the pool two weeks ago, the pH was high around 8.2 or more. I lowered it to 7.4 with MA and it has been nice and steady for two weeks with a gradual rise to 7.6 today. I am looking into adding borates at some point. My TA has been running steady in the 80-90 range since I lowered pH. Are these levels ok for now considering that I may add borates at some point or should I be preparing them for the eventual add?
One more...I also bought conditioner CYA because I know I will have to boost this now and then. I started with 50 two weeks ago and now I'm getting 40-45. At what level should I boost that up a bit? My pool is in full sun. Right now it's not eating that much because it's not hot yet and we've had a lot of cloudy days. But I know when we get in season I'm going to need to find the right level of CYA to protect the most chlorine possible.
Thanks everyone!
Crystal