I'm probably beginning to sound like a broken record, but after adding tons and tons of trichlor (I have trichlor, not dichlor like I thought) still can't seem to get my FC up past 1. I do smell chlorine so it must be doing something. The first numbers are at the top of this thread. This was on a stagnant pool that hasn't been circulated. Now that I got circuletion going I took a new full set of numbers. They turned out rather surprising. I was looking for some guidance on how to handle it or if perhaps I tested wrong. I have a taylor 2005 kit
FC .5
CC 0-.5
PH 8 (or more) - Acid demand to 7.5 was 6 drops for about 5 pounds of dry acid
TA 340!!!
CH 470!!!
CYA 0
I've been using trichlor for shocking which has CYA in it but my assumption is that it's not dissolving yet. Tonight I am thinking about just getting a ton of 6% bleach (4 gal or so) and dumping it in. The pool was clearing due to filtration but is not turning blue or even turquoise. I have what I believe may be a serious mustard algae infestiation (brown spots on the steps that don't scrub off easily at all). I retested PH and it was right but I didn't add acid yet because the dry acid container said to correct TA first. I've read to correct TA by reducing PH with acid than aerating to raise PH while keeping TA lower. I don't have a fountain or anything to aerate with so I'll have to find suitable eyeballs perhaps (to direct at surface).
Tonight I'll actually get a proper vacuum hose (1.5" rather than 1.25") so I'll be able to start vacuuming the silt out. My thought is that the chlorine is not working due to the high PH so I must get it down now. I'll get a 5gal bucket tonight for pool use so I can start with that.
Any and all advice about how to proceed is most appreciated. My plan is to backwash (since I royally broke the filter with bad orings), vacuum, dose with 2 cups acid, dose with 4 gal 6% bleach and brush.
It'll be nice tonight when my darling wife gets back from anthony sylvan with all new orings, spider gasket, etc and the plumbing doesn't leak everywhere.
FC .5
CC 0-.5
PH 8 (or more) - Acid demand to 7.5 was 6 drops for about 5 pounds of dry acid
TA 340!!!
CH 470!!!
CYA 0
I've been using trichlor for shocking which has CYA in it but my assumption is that it's not dissolving yet. Tonight I am thinking about just getting a ton of 6% bleach (4 gal or so) and dumping it in. The pool was clearing due to filtration but is not turning blue or even turquoise. I have what I believe may be a serious mustard algae infestiation (brown spots on the steps that don't scrub off easily at all). I retested PH and it was right but I didn't add acid yet because the dry acid container said to correct TA first. I've read to correct TA by reducing PH with acid than aerating to raise PH while keeping TA lower. I don't have a fountain or anything to aerate with so I'll have to find suitable eyeballs perhaps (to direct at surface).
Tonight I'll actually get a proper vacuum hose (1.5" rather than 1.25") so I'll be able to start vacuuming the silt out. My thought is that the chlorine is not working due to the high PH so I must get it down now. I'll get a 5gal bucket tonight for pool use so I can start with that.
Any and all advice about how to proceed is most appreciated. My plan is to backwash (since I royally broke the filter with bad orings), vacuum, dose with 2 cups acid, dose with 4 gal 6% bleach and brush.
It'll be nice tonight when my darling wife gets back from anthony sylvan with all new orings, spider gasket, etc and the plumbing doesn't leak everywhere.