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While 26 is a touch low, it is better to be a little low than high.
Your method to raise it with TriChlor is very good being 30 is a good place to be and you are already close I wouldn’t add CYA. Even if you overshoot to 40 or 50, you are still in the zone. 40 is probably the best place to be... Once reached, I would personally strive to sodium hypochlorite and maintain.
If your pool is algae-free with clear water and no combined chlorine, then I would keep my chlorine at 4 ppm minimum and really not worry about borates or phosphates being algae cannot live in your water if the chlorine level is at least 4 ppm provided your Ph is also in range. If your a CYA climbs to around 35 bump up to 5 ppm free chlorine... At 40 ppm, I would stop adding TriChlor and make the switch though to Sodium Hypoclorite.
It wouldn’t be worth lowering the phosphates at this point as that is just added expense. If you want to increase the borates for slick feel and they are not already high, you certainly can, but it will also raises your Ph.
What I am saying is if Ph is low and borates are low, adding borax is a great remedy, but if your pool is already climbing on the Ph scale, I would not add any Borax. It would be good to have a jug of muriatic acid on hand to lower the Ph if it gets any higher than 7.6
Your method to raise it with TriChlor is very good being 30 is a good place to be and you are already close I wouldn’t add CYA. Even if you overshoot to 40 or 50, you are still in the zone. 40 is probably the best place to be... Once reached, I would personally strive to sodium hypochlorite and maintain.
If your pool is algae-free with clear water and no combined chlorine, then I would keep my chlorine at 4 ppm minimum and really not worry about borates or phosphates being algae cannot live in your water if the chlorine level is at least 4 ppm provided your Ph is also in range. If your a CYA climbs to around 35 bump up to 5 ppm free chlorine... At 40 ppm, I would stop adding TriChlor and make the switch though to Sodium Hypoclorite.
It wouldn’t be worth lowering the phosphates at this point as that is just added expense. If you want to increase the borates for slick feel and they are not already high, you certainly can, but it will also raises your Ph.
What I am saying is if Ph is low and borates are low, adding borax is a great remedy, but if your pool is already climbing on the Ph scale, I would not add any Borax. It would be good to have a jug of muriatic acid on hand to lower the Ph if it gets any higher than 7.6