I'm sorry to sound so ignorant, but I am. I have an above ground 5,835 gallon capacity pool that I recently purchased for my daughter. I also purchased the Krystal Clear Saltwater system. I added 3 40 lb. bags of salt on Sunday, ran the pool pump for 24 hours and visually checked that all salt was dissolved as instructed, then ran the saltwater system (with pool pump) for 6 hours yesterday. I tested today and got a 0.6 reading for chlorine with the tester and an 8.2 for the pH. I probably should've asked the question here first before I added salt, but I added another 40 bag of salt. I'm now running my pool pump for another 24 hours and then I'll run the salt water system again. FYI, the water test kit is a regular drop test kit that I purchased at Target.
To begin with:
1. Is it safe for my daughter to swim in this water? She's dying to get in.
2. Should I just run the boost on my saltwater system?
3. Do I need a different kind of test kit for a salt water pool or will this work? I just bought it today.
4. How long should I run the pool pump and saltwater system? On a daily basis? How long?
I really don't know what to do. Thank you so much in advance, and I'm sorry for so many questions.
To begin with:
1. Is it safe for my daughter to swim in this water? She's dying to get in.
2. Should I just run the boost on my saltwater system?
3. Do I need a different kind of test kit for a salt water pool or will this work? I just bought it today.
4. How long should I run the pool pump and saltwater system? On a daily basis? How long?
I really don't know what to do. Thank you so much in advance, and I'm sorry for so many questions.