Chemical Help Needed

[Tkpearson721]

I just finished filling pool and tested PH and TA.
PH is a yellow color and TA is either a 20 or 30 it turned pink at 20. What are my next steps. I haven't added anything to the water yet only have filter pump flowing. Pictures are below.

 

[Donldson]

Wow, what was your fill source? That's some acidic water right there.

Get your pump running and add enough baking soda to bring your TA to at least 50. If you have a brush then mix it around, you want to agitate the water to get the baking soda mixed in and also to aerate the water. After a couple of hours you can retest and then use borax or washing soda to adjust the pH if it is still registering low.

And don't forget about chlorine and CYA. This is important but making sure there is adequate chlorine in the waters will prevent other problems from cropping up while you tackle this.

 

[Tkpearson721]

Thanks so much this helped a lot. I filled from the well for the last 5 days. There has been a little rain during those days.

 

[Tkpearson721]

Should I add chlorine and CYA now or wait until Ph and TA are within the appropriate range?

 

[Donldson]

Add it now. That's what I was saying, ignoring that can lead to new problems popping up.

 

[mgmoore7]

Add Chlorine now to get it to 5PPM along with 30PPM worth of CYA. If you have been filling for 5 days, you may already have some algae /cloudy build up and might need to slam it. But need numbers to know. Use pool math to figure out how much chlorine to add.

 

[Tkpearson721]

Ok thanks