Last Tuesday filled pool with well water. Put in 360 lbs of salt per Intex chart on Wednesday. Bought 4-way test strips and 5.25lbs of CA as pool worker told me. Tested water with strips: Ph and TA higher than charts go, FC 0 and stabilizer within range. Did not add the CA as that was the only thing in range. I am running the filter and SWG 11 hours a day. Back to the pool store today with a water sample and like an idiot I didn't get the actual results but I know the Ph and TA was very high, very low FC and salt level was low:1100ppm. My water is clear. The pool store sent me home today with 21 lbs of calcium chloride for calcium hardness, which I am reading on here I don't need to worry about with a vinyl pool, and instructions to come back in 3 days (which I assume is to dump more money). I have read pool school.
My question is where do I go from here? I know I didn't post numbers but any suggestions would help. I know I need more salt.
I just read another post on here in which the chlorine was sitting on the bottom of the pool. Could that be part of my problem with the chlorine?
My question is where do I go from here? I know I didn't post numbers but any suggestions would help. I know I need more salt.
I just read another post on here in which the chlorine was sitting on the bottom of the pool. Could that be part of my problem with the chlorine?