I need HELP!
My pool won't hold chlorine. Two weeks ago my local supplier sold me $350 worth of chemicals. Nothing. My water was still really cloudy. Since then we've found you and I hope that you can help. These are my numbers:
Temp. 82
CYA 140
TOT Chlorine 1.6
free chlorine 0
PH 7.6
tot alkilinity 214
adj tot alk 172
tot hadness 218
optimizer + 86
copper .5
ammonia 8ppm
It seems that I need to lower my CYA. How do I do that? I've been using borax, ableach and baking soda. This has helped some but it's still cloudy and can't hold chlorine. The pool store is recommending that i do a partial drain and use another $55 in thier chemicals. I'm affraid that if I emty that will throw all of my other numbers off too. What does anyone think?
My pool won't hold chlorine. Two weeks ago my local supplier sold me $350 worth of chemicals. Nothing. My water was still really cloudy. Since then we've found you and I hope that you can help. These are my numbers:
Temp. 82
CYA 140
TOT Chlorine 1.6
free chlorine 0
PH 7.6
tot alkilinity 214
adj tot alk 172
tot hadness 218
optimizer + 86
copper .5
ammonia 8ppm
It seems that I need to lower my CYA. How do I do that? I've been using borax, ableach and baking soda. This has helped some but it's still cloudy and can't hold chlorine. The pool store is recommending that i do a partial drain and use another $55 in thier chemicals. I'm affraid that if I emty that will throw all of my other numbers off too. What does anyone think?