I’m a newbie to pools. Had a small Intex round 10ft. pool for a few years which seemed to be always out of whack according to the local pool store. Thus making a lot of money off of me.
A few years later finally had the funds to put in a decent inground pool (see specs below). This pool is new and has had water and chemicals for 1-month. It has been crystal clear until a week ago with a bad storm which made it very cloudy. I vacuumed twice and let the cartridge filter do the work and a 1-1/2 days later crystal clear again. I have been using the good old Walmart test strips (they are 3-years old since I had some leftover from first pool) and hard to tell what really is going on.
I took the advice of this forum and purchased the TF-100 kit.
Here are the results (taken today):
FC = 31.5
CC = .5
TC = 32
PH = 7.2
T/A = 190
CH = did not do
CYA = 60
Water Temp = 88
If anyone can shed some light on what I need to do since I have a feeling something is out of whack I would greatly appreciate it!! Pool looks great (clear) but this may be deceiving, not sure. All that has been done is the guy who installed the pool threw some stabilizer in and some liquid chlorine to get it started. From that point I have tried to make some judgments off of the strips and have used (Bleach & 3" Chlorinating tabs-trichloro 99%) to the pool. The tabs are in a floater and some I place in the skimmer. Floater is always pretty full and stays in the pool. The bleach (1gal.) I pour by the jets to disperse throughout the pool—usually one every two days.
Thanks in advance for you help, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!
A few years later finally had the funds to put in a decent inground pool (see specs below). This pool is new and has had water and chemicals for 1-month. It has been crystal clear until a week ago with a bad storm which made it very cloudy. I vacuumed twice and let the cartridge filter do the work and a 1-1/2 days later crystal clear again. I have been using the good old Walmart test strips (they are 3-years old since I had some leftover from first pool) and hard to tell what really is going on.
I took the advice of this forum and purchased the TF-100 kit.
Here are the results (taken today):
FC = 31.5
CC = .5
TC = 32
PH = 7.2
T/A = 190
CH = did not do
CYA = 60
Water Temp = 88
If anyone can shed some light on what I need to do since I have a feeling something is out of whack I would greatly appreciate it!! Pool looks great (clear) but this may be deceiving, not sure. All that has been done is the guy who installed the pool threw some stabilizer in and some liquid chlorine to get it started. From that point I have tried to make some judgments off of the strips and have used (Bleach & 3" Chlorinating tabs-trichloro 99%) to the pool. The tabs are in a floater and some I place in the skimmer. Floater is always pretty full and stays in the pool. The bleach (1gal.) I pour by the jets to disperse throughout the pool—usually one every two days.
Thanks in advance for you help, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!