Need Help to balance

[gt6974a]

New liner, new water. Just opened the pool. Using TFTestKits.

This site was great last year and we had an awesome year using the site's recommendations. We had new brick coping and a new liner put in so drained the pool. I don't want my CYA getting high like last year. Figured I'd use Chlorine tablets to bring it up gradually.

FC = 12
CC = 0
TC = 12
CH = 25
TA = 40
CYA = 0

Going to add baking soda today as pool calculator says. But what about Borax? I added some last year, do I need that now?

Ryan

 

[Jezza]

Don't forget the CYA.

What's your pH -you didn't include that

 

[gt6974a]

It's low PH = 7.2

 

[Jezza]

If your pH is sitting at 7.2 you could just add 100oz of baking soda to bring the TA up to around 50 and then see how your pH goes from there. As long as it doesn't drop any lower I wouldn't worry about the borax at this stage.

 

[gt6974a]

Added Baking Soda and some algecide

 

[drharris]

Added Baking Soda and some algecide

Guessing you went to GT around 1996 or so? gte972z here from '01

 

[duraleigh]

Forget the algaecide.......wasting your money.

 

[gt6974a]

Guessing you went to GT around 1996 or so? gte972z here from '01

yep
1998-2003

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yeah, I didn't do it last year, but we used a new cover, new liner, new water so I wanted to cover all the basics.