Too high TA

Alanmathew · Jan 18, 2015

Hi I just test the water for the first time with new water and the results are:
Hi to all
I just did the test. Te results
Fc 3-5
Ph 7,3
TA 400 ppm
THardness 300 ppm

I think everything is ok except for the alcalinity. What shoul I do to lower the TA?
Thank you

JohnT · Jan 18, 2015

How are you operating a pool in Fort Collins in January?

easttn · Jan 18, 2015

12x30 AG Intex =1600 gallons?

You will have to aerate the water somehow, which will drive up the pH. Then you add acid to lower the pH and repeat.

How often have you been adding acid?

chem geek · Jan 18, 2015

JohnT said:
How are you operating a pool in Fort Collins in January?

As noted in this post, he's in Argentina.

I also responded to the test results regarding TA in this post in that other thread.

Alanmathew · Jan 18, 2015

Hi
Thanks to all. I'm sorry the confusion, but I don't have laptop here and I can't change my signature from my mobile.
The water here in Argentina is hard. If you let a pot with water a couple hours and the drain it, you will find white stains in all the pot.
How bad is have high TA without a high ph?

JasonLion · Jan 18, 2015

Given the high TA, it won't take all that much PH increase to start calcium scaling, and the high TA is going to tend to drive up the PH. Depending on the amount of aeration in your pool you are somewhere between needing to start lowering the TA this week and needing to lower the TA right now.

Patrick_B · Jan 19, 2015

JohnT said:
How are you operating a pool in Fort Collins in January?

chem geek said:
As noted in this post, he's in Argentina.

I also responded to the test results regarding TA in this post in that other thread.

Alanmathew said:
Hi
Thanks to all. I'm sorry the confusion, but I don't have laptop here and I can't change my signature from my mobile.
The water here in Argentina is hard. If you let a pot with water a couple hours and the drain it, you will find white stains in all the pot.
How bad is have high TA without a high ph?

Ok, please change when you can. Thanks..

I have asked OP to change his Sig/Profile to match where the pool is, as this led to confusion (for me at least) in the other thread.