Hi everyone. Curious about what normal chlorine usage is after a refill. I used ahhsome and purged and refilled the tub on Saturday. Got some bright green slime but not much else. I started to balance the water that night but ran out of time. Right before bed I put in enough dichlor to raise chlorine to 10ppm. In the morning I tested and the FC was 0, so I put in enough to bring it back to 3ppm. After I thought I was done balancing the water in the afternoon, the FC was 0 again so I put in dichlor to bring it back to 10ppm thinking that if something was using the chlorine that fast I should bring it back to shock level. Then later that night, FC was again 0 - this time I added enough bleach to bring it to 10ppm. An hour later it was at 6ppm. This morning it was at 3.5ppm and I added enough dichlor to bring it back to 5ppm - but at least seems like it's holding some FC now. Just wanting to hear from some other people if this is normal, or do I need to purge again? Only a little came out on the first purge, nothing to really write home about.
Also this morning the water was a little dull. Not cloudy, just not as bright as it was after the refill. Having a hard time raising the PH a little so wondering if I overshot it slightly. In the past when the water looked "cloudy" it needed sanitizer, but wondering if lowering the pH would change the look of the water. Latest numbers are:
FC: 3.5
PH: 7.4
TA: 60
CH: 170
CYA: ~20
TEMP: 100F
Thanks everyone.
Also this morning the water was a little dull. Not cloudy, just not as bright as it was after the refill. Having a hard time raising the PH a little so wondering if I overshot it slightly. In the past when the water looked "cloudy" it needed sanitizer, but wondering if lowering the pH would change the look of the water. Latest numbers are:
FC: 3.5
PH: 7.4
TA: 60
CH: 170
CYA: ~20
TEMP: 100F
Thanks everyone.
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