Hi! I need some help....
Pool was installed on Sat - filled by Sunday midday.
On Sunday I used the stuff to get metal out of the pool "Liquid Magnet" (it's a problem on this block, we all seem to have metal stains in our baths & toilets & some people's pools)
Then I used PH Up and Alka PHix (I know, but I didn't know about BBB until last night).
Sunday night, I dropped in a 1lb packet of shock.
This morning, after the pool installers came to tighten some fittings, I put in the algaecide.
There is a 3" chlorine tab in a floater since this morning too.
I am trying to be running for my daughter's 3rd birthday party on Sunday......
According to the schedule I was given by the pool store, I'm supposed to condition and stabilize it tomorrow.
I just tested the water with a BS test tube kit (while I wait for my TF100) and these are the numbers I got:
78 degrees
FC 0
TC 2
PH 7.5
TA 80
I don't have the ability to test for anything else with this stupid kit, and the only other thing I have is the test strips with 5 or 6 tests on them. I didn't use them because I don't trust their reliability.
Can anyone guide me on these numbers alone as to if I am headed in the right direction or not? How come I don't have any FC? Do I need to load the pool with C, or do I have to give it time. I'm just a little confused.
Thanks for any insight. If these numbers aren't enough, I understand.
-Jenn
Pool was installed on Sat - filled by Sunday midday.
On Sunday I used the stuff to get metal out of the pool "Liquid Magnet" (it's a problem on this block, we all seem to have metal stains in our baths & toilets & some people's pools)
Then I used PH Up and Alka PHix (I know, but I didn't know about BBB until last night).
Sunday night, I dropped in a 1lb packet of shock.
This morning, after the pool installers came to tighten some fittings, I put in the algaecide.
There is a 3" chlorine tab in a floater since this morning too.
I am trying to be running for my daughter's 3rd birthday party on Sunday......
According to the schedule I was given by the pool store, I'm supposed to condition and stabilize it tomorrow.
I just tested the water with a BS test tube kit (while I wait for my TF100) and these are the numbers I got:
78 degrees
FC 0
TC 2
PH 7.5
TA 80
I don't have the ability to test for anything else with this stupid kit, and the only other thing I have is the test strips with 5 or 6 tests on them. I didn't use them because I don't trust their reliability.
Can anyone guide me on these numbers alone as to if I am headed in the right direction or not? How come I don't have any FC? Do I need to load the pool with C, or do I have to give it time. I'm just a little confused.
Thanks for any insight. If these numbers aren't enough, I understand.
-Jenn