So long story short, I was advised to drain my pool because of a 180 CYA level. Did so, and added the recommended amount of CYA to my new water. Either my pool builder lied to me about the size of my pool or the girl at Leslies didn't know what she was doing but now my new water is already at 80 CYA. I've had the pool for about 6 years, never really got serious about chemistry until I realized I let the chemicals get out of control in the first 5 years. I hate going to the pool store as they always wanna sell me something new and better and special. I stumbled on this site and realized that maybe theirs an easier way. For the first 6 months after draining the chlorine was always around 4PPM, thought that was good. Now that I've done my research I realize 4PPM isn't good with a CYA of 80. I'm starting to get some cloudiness and my chlorine levels are dropping rapidly. Id like to start using non-pool store supplies and start from scratch. I've listed my chemistry levels below. I'd really like to avoid draining the whole pool (maybe a half drain) and get an idea of where to buy the non commercial chemicals that i keep reading about on this site. I'm shooting for a CYA of around 40-50 I think? Southeast AZ with lots of sunshine here. The SLAM method i've been reading about says I'll need to add a ton of bleach!! Whats the formula for using bleach? Pool builder told me it was 18,000 gallons. It does have a built in hot tub with waterfall, Pebbletec construction and cartridge filters. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
FC usually 0-2 ( this is my main problem, even after a shock treatment its only 5-6 for a day or so)
CC I honestly don't do that test, I don't understand what it means
TA 140
PH 7.8
CYA 80
FC usually 0-2 ( this is my main problem, even after a shock treatment its only 5-6 for a day or so)
CC I honestly don't do that test, I don't understand what it means
TA 140
PH 7.8
CYA 80