Borate ppm goal

[seedlings]

This year I’d like to add Mule team to the team. I did it 2y ago and skipped it last year, which may have resulted in the pH instability I experienced.

Just took the cover off, added water, and today is the day to start treatment. I couldn’t remember/find the borate goal for non-salt-water. What should be the borate level, enough to help with pH?

I plan to get all the pool water balanced and running before adding the borates.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

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Borates - Why and How

Borates - Why and How Why Adding borates can improve your experience with your pool, but is completely optional. If you do plan to use borates, wait until everything else is settled down before adding borates, especially TA and PH. The only situations where we specifically recommend using...

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[seedlings]

Not sure how I missed that, but thank you! Answer: 30-50ppm

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Borates - Why and How

Borates - Why and How Why Adding borates can improve your experience with your pool, but is completely optional. If you do plan to use borates, wait until everything else is settled down before adding borates, especially TA and PH. The only situations where we specifically recommend using...

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[JoyfulNoise]

You might try 30ppm to start but I have found that to be too low. My pool only starts to see stabilization of pH when my borates are at 50ppm. I typically run it up to 60-80ppm but I do that because I have no pets or kids drinking from my pool, so higher doesn’t bother me.