Balancing PH & TA with Water Feature?

[seethesun]

Hi,

I had some issues with my pool last week and my TA went up to 300 and PH was off the scale. I added muriatic acid (a little too much) so I am in the process of aerating to get the PH back to good.

I was looking up methods people use to aerate in the forum and saw a thread of someone who built a PVC device from the return to create basically a shower in the pool. I thought my kids might enjoy this just for fun, but if I have that installed all the time (or even just when they are out in the pool), the aeration would raise the PH (not sure how fast).

Is there a way to handle that without it being an endless cycle of aeration to raise the PH and adding the muriatic acid to drop it? I'm also assuming I would need to continually add baking soda because the MA would drop the TA every time I add it.

Any ideas on the best way to handle it?

David

 

[Texas Splash]

David, you certainly don't want to get on that acid baking soda yo-yo train. That will get frustrating. You can aerate the water in many ways, so there is no one hard-fast rule. If you elect to rig something to a return jet, just make sure it's removable is all. Once the aeration or fountain fun time is over you can reinstall the return jet and be back to normal.