I'm considering raising my CYA by adding 20 ounces of liquid stabilizer as suggested by the pool calculator. This will get me from 15 to 30. Is this advisable mid-SLAM?
Absolutely. You'll use quite a bit less chlorine.Regarding my low CYA level, should I just wait until the SLAM is completed before adjusting?
Careful, there, Jason.Test for everything to start and post them up.
CH does not matter for vinyl pools, likely ignore adjusting TA for now, pH should be adjusted as required all the time.
The green tinge is the yellow-orange rust against the blue pool. Expect it to worsen when you really get FC level going. It might even precipitate into rust dust, which is a good thing, because that will filter out and can be backwashed away. Check out the pictures in this thread. Don't forget page two. You might even want to read it.Pool went up today and it's almost filled. I am using well water to fill it. The color is decidedly greenish but transparent. pH is 7.5, TA is 140 and CH is 120. I also did the copper procedure for CH and got 110. I added 23 ounces of 8.25% bleach per pool calculator. I had a water analysis performed yesterday in an unrelated matter and the results were: Hardness 14 gpg, Iron 1.0 ppm, pH 7.5, Sulfur 0ppm and TDS 142 ppm. I also added 100 lbs of salt per Intex and have only the pump running at this time. I will dose with stabilizer tomorrow and aim for 50 ppm. Pool temperature is a frigid 53°. Any thoughts on the green tinge?
Thanks a lot, Richard. :lol: Trying to get the M&M pic out of my headIf iron was chocolate, Sequestrants will be the hard candy shell on an M&M.
Yes. It is about 3 cups.Also, the PoolMath says 26 ounces of stabilizer by weight for a target of 50 ppm CYA. Can I measure this out in a container and it will be accurate enough? Thanks.