Hello! Many questions today.
I did my first test of the season yesterday after pool was cleaned and refilled.
I added liquid chlorine yesterday night with a calculation for 3 ppm.
With the test I noticed that I had 0 CYA. I would need like 1.3 kg of CYA to get to 30. Because that is a lot, I am adding half of this using the sock since this morning. Water temp is still cold here. It is taking forever to dissolve even if I play with the sock at regular interval. Even with this, I am not sure if it is fully dissolving. I think that some parts of the chunks are passing through the small holes of the sock because I see white powder at some place in the bottom of the pool that was not there before.
So is that normal and OK that it takes forever? Do I just continue like this until dissolved completely? When it is done, I will also have to do the 2nd half.
If it is not done dissolving by the end of the day, can I still add liquid chlorine in the pool safely this evening?
Also I have to raise TA and Calcium. Can I put these stuff in the pool right now even if there is the sock with CYA in it?
For calcium, I usually dissolve the pellets in a 5 gallon of hot water. That is what I did in the previous year. Yesterday I read somewhere on the site to not do it. What should I do then? I don’t want the pellets to lay on the floor.
Thanks again to everybody.
I did my first test of the season yesterday after pool was cleaned and refilled.
I added liquid chlorine yesterday night with a calculation for 3 ppm.
With the test I noticed that I had 0 CYA. I would need like 1.3 kg of CYA to get to 30. Because that is a lot, I am adding half of this using the sock since this morning. Water temp is still cold here. It is taking forever to dissolve even if I play with the sock at regular interval. Even with this, I am not sure if it is fully dissolving. I think that some parts of the chunks are passing through the small holes of the sock because I see white powder at some place in the bottom of the pool that was not there before.
So is that normal and OK that it takes forever? Do I just continue like this until dissolved completely? When it is done, I will also have to do the 2nd half.
If it is not done dissolving by the end of the day, can I still add liquid chlorine in the pool safely this evening?
Also I have to raise TA and Calcium. Can I put these stuff in the pool right now even if there is the sock with CYA in it?
For calcium, I usually dissolve the pellets in a 5 gallon of hot water. That is what I did in the previous year. Yesterday I read somewhere on the site to not do it. What should I do then? I don’t want the pellets to lay on the floor.
Thanks again to everybody.