I recently fired my 4th pool technician. The CYA was off the charts and ALK levels were extremely low. After adding some sodium bicarbonate and draining the pool I'm currently at the below levels:
- FCL: 6.87
- TCL: 9.71
- PH: 7.6
- ALY: 84
- CH: 85
- CYA: 124
Most of these are within range according to the testing system I'm using. I've read some articles about CYA and chlorine levels. Supposedly I should be using much higher chlorine levels but they're already high. Frankly I'm just confused and need some recommendations.
I have a 25,000 gallon pool. I shock 1x week (3 1lb bags) and add 2-3 chlorine tabs very other week. I live in Houston and we're about to get some very hot weather soon.
- Do I need to increase my FCL/TCL levels with my current CYA levels? Or should I just be using more shock?
- FCL: 6.87
- TCL: 9.71
- PH: 7.6
- ALY: 84
- CH: 85
- CYA: 124
Most of these are within range according to the testing system I'm using. I've read some articles about CYA and chlorine levels. Supposedly I should be using much higher chlorine levels but they're already high. Frankly I'm just confused and need some recommendations.
I have a 25,000 gallon pool. I shock 1x week (3 1lb bags) and add 2-3 chlorine tabs very other week. I live in Houston and we're about to get some very hot weather soon.
- Do I need to increase my FCL/TCL levels with my current CYA levels? Or should I just be using more shock?