With the Leslie's K-2006 test kit (the same as the good Taylor one, I believe), my CYA tests at 100+. That black dot sure disappears quickly. I was told that for BBB I'd need to drain half of my water. However, my concerns are:
1. Cheapo PoolTime test strips put my CYA at about 50. The color is nowhere near the dark orange/purple of high levels.
2. I have no noticeable algae growth (what are other symptoms of too-high CYA?)
3. Probably most importantly, I have NO IDEA where all that CYA would have come from. My pool was opened for the first time about a month and a half ago. Since then, I've put one to one-and-a-half gallons of conditioner in there (I was shooting for 30-40 ppm in a 25,000 gallon pool), and I've had pucks floating around, and I shocked it bigtime (with PoolTime shock) twice. THAT's going to take me over 100 CYA? Really?
I've been trying to handle my chemistry as best I can...I just don't understand where all this CYA came from. When I opened my pool this year, it was the first time in years it'd been opened (the original owner passed away and the house had been on the market for two years)...and the CYA measured at a flat zero.
I'll drain some of the water if I really need to, but what if the tests are wrong somehow? And what if I don't see any down side to keeping the water the way it is?
I'm jut confused...any help will be really appreciated.
1. Cheapo PoolTime test strips put my CYA at about 50. The color is nowhere near the dark orange/purple of high levels.
2. I have no noticeable algae growth (what are other symptoms of too-high CYA?)
3. Probably most importantly, I have NO IDEA where all that CYA would have come from. My pool was opened for the first time about a month and a half ago. Since then, I've put one to one-and-a-half gallons of conditioner in there (I was shooting for 30-40 ppm in a 25,000 gallon pool), and I've had pucks floating around, and I shocked it bigtime (with PoolTime shock) twice. THAT's going to take me over 100 CYA? Really?
I've been trying to handle my chemistry as best I can...I just don't understand where all this CYA came from. When I opened my pool this year, it was the first time in years it'd been opened (the original owner passed away and the house had been on the market for two years)...and the CYA measured at a flat zero.
I'll drain some of the water if I really need to, but what if the tests are wrong somehow? And what if I don't see any down side to keeping the water the way it is?
I'm jut confused...any help will be really appreciated.