Hi, I'm new here. I bought a Taylor K-2006 several weeks ago and started testing my pool. I found that my CYA was off the charts. So yesterday, I decided to do a partial drain and fill. I replaced half of my water with well water. When I started re-filling, I notice my blue liner was no longer blue, it was now green. I have a water softener, but I turned it off when I started filling. I did this because my CH was low, so I thought I would solve that problem by filling my pool with hard water. When I noticed the green liner, I immediately turned my water softener back on. I estimate that I only put 300 gallons of hard water in at that time. So the remainder of the pool was filled with soft water. Now my water looks green, but I'm guessing it's actually yellow/brown due to iron in my well water.
Here are the readings before my partial refill:
CYA 128 ppm
PH 7.6
FC 11 ppm
CC 0 ppm
TA 130 ppm
CH 50 ppm
Here are the reading after my partial refill:
CYA 80 ppm (no sunlight today to do test, so I'm not sure if this reading is accurate)
PH 7.6
FC 5.5 ppm
CC 0 ppm
TA 140 ppm
CH 50 ppm
So do I have iron in my pool now? Is this water color change possible due to iron if I only put about 300 gallons in it?
Or is this algae? When I take a water sample, it looks really clear in my sample bottle.
I'm running my pump now and plan to run it all night. I'm afraid to add anything to this pool until I get some advise from this forum.
My wife is upset... She told me to not mess with her pool!!!
Thanks.
Here are the readings before my partial refill:
CYA 128 ppm
PH 7.6
FC 11 ppm
CC 0 ppm
TA 130 ppm
CH 50 ppm
Here are the reading after my partial refill:
CYA 80 ppm (no sunlight today to do test, so I'm not sure if this reading is accurate)
PH 7.6
FC 5.5 ppm
CC 0 ppm
TA 140 ppm
CH 50 ppm
So do I have iron in my pool now? Is this water color change possible due to iron if I only put about 300 gallons in it?
Or is this algae? When I take a water sample, it looks really clear in my sample bottle.
I'm running my pump now and plan to run it all night. I'm afraid to add anything to this pool until I get some advise from this forum.
My wife is upset... She told me to not mess with her pool!!!
Thanks.