New Here, Introduction, First Chemical Questions

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andrewamberleigh

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May 13, 2013
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Spindale, North Carolina
Used old Aqua Chem 6-way tests strips from smaller easy set pool last year. Just finished filling pool with hose over 2 days and kids hopped in chilly pool to celebrate! Followed rules on bottle and here are results-
Total Hardness - 0 A Very Low
Total Chlorine - 1 B OK
Free Chlorine and Bromine - 0 A Very Low
pH - 6.8 A Low
Total Alkalinity o A Very Low
Stabilizer - 0 A Very Low

Any ideas to get it ready over the next week?
I am seriously new to this and would love the step by step and cheapest and easiest help from you guys. Also, we only have a Walmart here, so any ideas of what can be purchased from test strips to chemicals would be great.

Thanks, friends!
 
Welcome to TFP!

Purchase a high quality test kit from tftestkits.net. The TF-100 is the best with the Taylor kit running a distant second. Then, read Pool School.

Your pH may be low. We recommend 7.2 to 7.8. You also need CYA, enough to get you to 30. After adding CYA, add enough bleach to attain a FC of 4 (3 minimum). We're pretty much guessing at things until you get a test kit but it is clear that you need chlorine and CYA at minimum.
 
I sure hope that test strip is wrong, because a TA of zero is very bad and suggests that the water is so acidic that it will damage the pool.

You will do a lot better if you get a real test kit instead of just strips. In the meantime, is there any way you can get a second opinion on the TA, perhaps from a pool store?
 
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