Hi everyone,
I am a new "adult" pool owner (i.e. my family owned a pool growing up). Over the last couple of days I have been trying to learn as much as I can. The previous pool owner told me about the 3 B's of pool maintenance and I found this amazing website after a google search. The previous pool owner used test strips which I threw away and went and picked up a Taylor K-2006 test kit yesterday. The pool has been cloudy over the last couple of days (e.g. I can't see the bottom of the pool) which I want to clear up before the kids jump in. I tested the pool last night:
Free Chlorine - 2.2
Combine Chlorine - .4
pH - 7.2
Total Alkalinity - 80
CYA - 70 - 80
I apologize for the long introduction. Here is my question. I know the Combine Chlorine is high but it doesn't appear to be high enough to SLAM yet, right? Because the pool is cloudy, should I SLAM or should I just add cyanuric acid (reduce the CYA) and liquid chlorine (increase the free chlorine)? The cement pool is approximately 23000 gallons and we are in the Pacific Northwest.
Thank you in advanced for the help.
I am a new "adult" pool owner (i.e. my family owned a pool growing up). Over the last couple of days I have been trying to learn as much as I can. The previous pool owner told me about the 3 B's of pool maintenance and I found this amazing website after a google search. The previous pool owner used test strips which I threw away and went and picked up a Taylor K-2006 test kit yesterday. The pool has been cloudy over the last couple of days (e.g. I can't see the bottom of the pool) which I want to clear up before the kids jump in. I tested the pool last night:
Free Chlorine - 2.2
Combine Chlorine - .4
pH - 7.2
Total Alkalinity - 80
CYA - 70 - 80
I apologize for the long introduction. Here is my question. I know the Combine Chlorine is high but it doesn't appear to be high enough to SLAM yet, right? Because the pool is cloudy, should I SLAM or should I just add cyanuric acid (reduce the CYA) and liquid chlorine (increase the free chlorine)? The cement pool is approximately 23000 gallons and we are in the Pacific Northwest.
Thank you in advanced for the help.
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