Latest numbers are in, tested by the pool store.
FC 1.1ppm
Too low. Waaaaay to low for 90 CYA. MINIMUM -at all times - is 7. If you trust the CYA test result...
Okaaay, just a tad confused....I'm having a hard time with the whole fc/tc/cc correlations, back to summer pool school, for me, I WILL graduate.....
TC 1.2 PPM
CC 0.1 ppm (gotta get that up a bit-input?)
Wrong. Just fine as is. Anything below .5 is okay. Lower is better with CC. Zero is ideal.
ph 7.2 Working on an aerator to get that up a bit....(see? I do read pool school.....
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If you insist. It will rise on its own when people start splashing
Ok, got it. But the kids really want a fountain of some sort........
Hardness 70 ppm (more calcium chloride?)
No. A vinyl pool doesn't care if CH is low
Got that, so won't worry about it.
Alk 163ppm (add muriatic acid) Surprisingly the pool guy said pick some up at the hardware store.....
Yes, that will lower it, but it will also lower pH which is already at the low end.It will come down all by itself as you keep adjusting the pH which will rise in time. Also, you might be changing this number dramatically if you correct the next parameter.
Ok, will leave alone
CYA 90 ppm
Too high. The only way to lower it is by draining and refilling some of the water. But wait until you can test it yourself before you toss in a siphon hose.
test kit, test kit, test kit........got it, asap.
copper 0.01 ppm
OK
Iron 0 ppm
OK
Phosphate 500 ppb(unsure of where to go
with this.)
Nowhere. It doesn't matter except to the store owner who has phosphate remover to sell.
Figured as much.......
Any input on the numbers that are off?
Looks like I'm really close to perfect, just gotta keep it that way, time to start reading pool school some more.
Picked up a new cover for the pump filter and a polaris fitting for the return (for my aerator build), 70 bucks, ouch!
Got home last night to find our kids and a bunch of their friends in the pool, having a great time, maybe I'll find time to get in myself this weekend.