This is my first full season with the pool. It was completed last august 1 and used for approx. 1.5 months. During completion the in line chlorinator ran fully open and cya was showing deep color on the test strips (thats all the "testing equipment" I had at the time)..
My water is not circulating at present but I did testing to get use to my new TF-100 Xl kit that came in. here are the numbers..
cya-- 70 (test ran 4 times)
cl-- less than .5 (cl/ph ran 3 times)
ph--6.8
TA--40
I have algae starting on the bottom but water is pretty clear at present.
I have plugged these numbers into the pool calculator to get the amount of chlorine I need to add to get to shock level with a cya of 70.
Should I use these numbers to start adding chlorine at the very start of the water circulating or should I circulate first then test again and use second set of numbers to base chlorine addition ? I'll be opening friday. Should I get the chlorine up to the shock level then adjust the other catagories later?
In case the stats do not show up in signature,,,,,,
16x32 vinyl,,, 21000 gallons (approx.),,, 1.5 h.p.pump,, sand filter (300 lbs.).. E.TN. location.
Glad I found TFP before my first full season starts. The standard answer I've received from most sources is "shock regularly" and use pucks. After reading the great advice here I now know that's the route to problems in the future.
My water is not circulating at present but I did testing to get use to my new TF-100 Xl kit that came in. here are the numbers..
cya-- 70 (test ran 4 times)
cl-- less than .5 (cl/ph ran 3 times)
ph--6.8
TA--40
I have algae starting on the bottom but water is pretty clear at present.
I have plugged these numbers into the pool calculator to get the amount of chlorine I need to add to get to shock level with a cya of 70.
Should I use these numbers to start adding chlorine at the very start of the water circulating or should I circulate first then test again and use second set of numbers to base chlorine addition ? I'll be opening friday. Should I get the chlorine up to the shock level then adjust the other catagories later?
In case the stats do not show up in signature,,,,,,
16x32 vinyl,,, 21000 gallons (approx.),,, 1.5 h.p.pump,, sand filter (300 lbs.).. E.TN. location.
Glad I found TFP before my first full season starts. The standard answer I've received from most sources is "shock regularly" and use pucks. After reading the great advice here I now know that's the route to problems in the future.
Hope this helps...
