Hello TFP!
I am a new pool owner with the water being filled just over 30 days. I have a 12x27 PebbleTec pool with an Aquarite 900 SWG, SwimClear CS200 cartridge filter. According to an online calculator it is roughly 11,542.5 gallons. The builder added salt and handed over the pool to me. He also added a bottle of Jacks' Magic Magenta Stuff while he was in control of the pool. Builder initially set SWG at 60% which produced consistently high FC levels.
Here are today's test results from my TF-100 test kit. The FC has been extremely high over the last two weeks, so much so that I reduce the SWG to 30% last week and turned it off for the last two days in an effort to reduce the FC levels. On the initial Chlorine test, I am getting a bright orange reading and a Google search indicates it is over a testable amount. I was expecting the FC to drop however it has not done so. I took a water sample to both Leslie's and Pinch-A-Penny and they said my FC was 7.0 and "high"-is this because that as high as their test reads? It took 43 drops this morning on FC test for it to go clear so that is where I came up with 21.5 FC. I have been adding 20oz of muriatic acid every 2-3 days to keep pH in check as recommended in the Pool Math app.
FC 21.5
pH 7.5
TA 90
CH 250
CYA 40
Salt 4200
CSI -0.54
Temp 60 degrees F
The builder originally set the Aquarite at 60%
I am a new pool owner with the water being filled just over 30 days. I have a 12x27 PebbleTec pool with an Aquarite 900 SWG, SwimClear CS200 cartridge filter. According to an online calculator it is roughly 11,542.5 gallons. The builder added salt and handed over the pool to me. He also added a bottle of Jacks' Magic Magenta Stuff while he was in control of the pool. Builder initially set SWG at 60% which produced consistently high FC levels.
Here are today's test results from my TF-100 test kit. The FC has been extremely high over the last two weeks, so much so that I reduce the SWG to 30% last week and turned it off for the last two days in an effort to reduce the FC levels. On the initial Chlorine test, I am getting a bright orange reading and a Google search indicates it is over a testable amount. I was expecting the FC to drop however it has not done so. I took a water sample to both Leslie's and Pinch-A-Penny and they said my FC was 7.0 and "high"-is this because that as high as their test reads? It took 43 drops this morning on FC test for it to go clear so that is where I came up with 21.5 FC. I have been adding 20oz of muriatic acid every 2-3 days to keep pH in check as recommended in the Pool Math app.
FC 21.5
pH 7.5
TA 90
CH 250
CYA 40
Salt 4200
CSI -0.54
Temp 60 degrees F
The builder originally set the Aquarite at 60%