Hi all,
I've been trying to 'zone in' with my test numbers. The obvious thing is that when I really hit the pool with the bleach it really cleans and clears it up. Now I know the trick is getting the CYA to buffer the bleach and that's where I seem to be falling down. I took it up to shock level over the weekend and did an overnight loss test and it seemed to hold OK. My test this a.m. showed virtually no FC so I added 80 oz. (5pt) of bleach and got
FC 1.5
CC .5
T/A 110
CYA ~38
pH is low <7.2
I added Borax ~ 3# to help the pH. What should I really focus on so that I can get to just adding daily small doses of bleach vs. having to hit it in 'shock' mode.
Tx so much,
JH
I've been trying to 'zone in' with my test numbers. The obvious thing is that when I really hit the pool with the bleach it really cleans and clears it up. Now I know the trick is getting the CYA to buffer the bleach and that's where I seem to be falling down. I took it up to shock level over the weekend and did an overnight loss test and it seemed to hold OK. My test this a.m. showed virtually no FC so I added 80 oz. (5pt) of bleach and got
FC 1.5
CC .5
T/A 110
CYA ~38
pH is low <7.2
I added Borax ~ 3# to help the pH. What should I really focus on so that I can get to just adding daily small doses of bleach vs. having to hit it in 'shock' mode.
Tx so much,
JH