Hi everybody!
I'm back with a much better pool this season thanks to many of you!
Metal Stains from last year are still gone or at least sequestered.
That is a big deal if you've ever dealt with staining on a liner! Lots of work last year.
Water is clear and numbers look pretty good except for CC-1.
Pool School says shock above 0.5 which is where I was 2 days ago but not now.
For stain prevention I added 3 quarts of Jacks Pink Magic 5 days ago (Saturday) which is 1 quart per 10,000 gallons.
This is for start up. I will add small amount as weekly maintenance. Either in their instructions or in forum I read not to shock for 3 weeks after adding sequestrant.
My CYA is questionable at this point because it was also added 5 days ago. (actually over 3 days) I added 7lbs granular 100% and also 3 trichlor pucks to floater so another approx. 21 oz. Pool calculator stated I needed a little over 7lbs and 7 was all I had on hand. It's in there and working because chlorine is holding. I have the hardest time with my T-100 test kit CYA test too. I even ordered more test solution this year to see if that was the issue. Last year I could always see the black dot. When I tested today, even though the CYA had not been in a week yet, the solution was cloudy at about 25%.
My point is, I need a good CYA level to determine shock level if I DO need to shock.
And if I don't shock, is it safe to swim with the CC of 1? My pregnant daughter in law is visiting and I want to take all precautions with her.
The first set of numbers were at 8 a.m. I added 57oz of 12.8% bleach and tested again 1.5 hours later and got the second set. It may have been too early for that to bee accurate.
Thank you all for your help!
Joan
PH- 7.5
FC- 2 FC- 4
CC- 1 CC- 1
TC- 3 TC- 5
TA-100
CH-75
CYA-25 Questionable
I'm back with a much better pool this season thanks to many of you!
Metal Stains from last year are still gone or at least sequestered.
That is a big deal if you've ever dealt with staining on a liner! Lots of work last year.
Water is clear and numbers look pretty good except for CC-1.
Pool School says shock above 0.5 which is where I was 2 days ago but not now.
For stain prevention I added 3 quarts of Jacks Pink Magic 5 days ago (Saturday) which is 1 quart per 10,000 gallons.
This is for start up. I will add small amount as weekly maintenance. Either in their instructions or in forum I read not to shock for 3 weeks after adding sequestrant.
My CYA is questionable at this point because it was also added 5 days ago. (actually over 3 days) I added 7lbs granular 100% and also 3 trichlor pucks to floater so another approx. 21 oz. Pool calculator stated I needed a little over 7lbs and 7 was all I had on hand. It's in there and working because chlorine is holding. I have the hardest time with my T-100 test kit CYA test too. I even ordered more test solution this year to see if that was the issue. Last year I could always see the black dot. When I tested today, even though the CYA had not been in a week yet, the solution was cloudy at about 25%.
My point is, I need a good CYA level to determine shock level if I DO need to shock.
And if I don't shock, is it safe to swim with the CC of 1? My pregnant daughter in law is visiting and I want to take all precautions with her.
The first set of numbers were at 8 a.m. I added 57oz of 12.8% bleach and tested again 1.5 hours later and got the second set. It may have been too early for that to bee accurate.
Thank you all for your help!
Joan
PH- 7.5
FC- 2 FC- 4
CC- 1 CC- 1
TC- 3 TC- 5
TA-100
CH-75
CYA-25 Questionable