I hope this link helps. I'm honestly at a loss I don't even know where to begin. All I know is the chemistry isn't balanced. Where should I start?
Brand New Pool Opening - Chemistry all messed up, what is the order of operations?
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I hope this link helps. I'm honestly at a loss I don't even know where to begin. All I know is the chemistry isn't balanced. Where should I start?
- Jul 21, 2013
- 66,249
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Overall your chemistry is fine except for high FC.
Your pH is fine and will rise with your high TA.
Just keep your pH in the 7's and your TA will adjust with it.
CH of 400 is fine.
CYA 30 is a bit low. Add stabilizer to get CYA up to 60.
Your salt is lower than the minimum for your Aquarite. What does the Aquarite display say for salinity?
How have you been chlorinating to get the FC to 17.5?
Get 5 pounds of dry stabilizer dissolving on a sock near a return.
Enable CSI tracking in PoolMath and put in your water temperature to see your CSI.
Your pH is fine and will rise with your high TA.
Just keep your pH in the 7's and your TA will adjust with it.
CH of 400 is fine.
CYA 30 is a bit low. Add stabilizer to get CYA up to 60.
Your salt is lower than the minimum for your Aquarite. What does the Aquarite display say for salinity?
How have you been chlorinating to get the FC to 17.5?
Get 5 pounds of dry stabilizer dissolving on a sock near a return.
Enable CSI tracking in PoolMath and put in your water temperature to see your CSI.
A few other things I should note:
- The pool company opened up my pool I think did a bad job because they dumped a bunch of chlorine and didnt follow the SLAM instructions. They dumped the following:
- 2 gallons of 'Mega Super Shock' - 12.5 % strength sodium hypochlorite
- 4 gallons of 'Pool Essentials Chlorine' - 10 % strength sodium hypochlorite
- The temperature of my pool is 67 right now. ajw22 - we're both in the same location, so you should know how cold its getting now.
- The pool company recommended NOT to turn on my SWG, so its been off.
- I already put 8 pounds of CYA on Saturday morning, so about 72 hours ago - Using the sock method slowly dissolving first in the skimmer, then in front of the return. Should I still add the 5 pounds of dry stabilizer?
- Also, between my neighbors and I, we've got about 50 oak trees, about 60 feet tall, so constantly dropping oak pollen and their mess. From the picture, is this the oak pollen or algae still dissolving?
- Finally, since the pool was opened on Saturday, the jets stop working about once or twice a day. I called the pool company and they said that its probably very dirty, so I should backwash for 1 minute and rinse for 30 seconds. Do this 3 times. After I do this, then add DE (3-4 pounds) to the skimmer to replenish the DE from the backwash. After I do this, the jets certainly get back to full power. Is this normal? Should I keep doing this? Is there another issue causing this?
Based on all of this what should I do?
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- Jul 21, 2013
- 66,249
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Well that is why your FC is so high.
My pool is 69F.
Nice and sunny today. Going to heat the spa and use it.
My pool was opened on April 15th, and my SWG has been running since April 25.
No reason not to run the SWG. Your water is warm enough for the SWG.
Give it a few days to dissolve and retest before adding mode.
Not sure what you are asking but pollen does not consume a lot of chlorine. IT is normal sanitation.
Does your pool pass the Overnight Chlorine Loss Test? If not, you have algae clogging your filter and need to follow the SLAM Process