Hi Pool Experts!
We have a fiberglass pool (details in sig.), we survived our first season with the pool (barely) by using the basic kit the pool company provided us with and a few prayers. By the end of the summer we were battling algae and cloudy water as well as a white line along the water line of the pool.
The season ended, and here I am....FINALLY doing what I should have done last year and did my first test with the TF-100 kit a few minutes ago (Hallelujah!). I am ready to OWN the care of my pool this summer and not have the constant battle we had last year. We used the dreaded chlorine pucks in an automatic feeder that the pool company told us to use...sure, they were easy....but they didn't do the job well. I'm fairly confident they were the reason for many of our headaches. So, here I am absolutely determined to get this thing balanced and beautiful BEFORE the season comes. The pool is remaining open through the winter, but not being swam in (brrrrrrr)
#1 That test was easier than I expected it to be...I saw all those little bottles and got a little overwhelmed! Easy peasy with the instructions!
#2 Holy Moly my water chemistry is a DISASTER
#3 I have all the numbers recorded and even downloaded the Pool Math App (subscribed) so that I can get the hang of this.
My dilemma is this, the Pool Math App tells you what to add to fix each reading...but aren't many of them interdependent? Does Pool Math take that into account when it tells you what to add of each item?
Here are a listing of my (extremely embarrassing chemistry readings below):
FC .5
CC 2.5
TC 3
pH so low it was off the chart....my guess is around 6 or 6.2
TA 30
CH 50
CYA 110ish? (when we say not seeing the black dot anymore do we mean NOT AT ALL, or only see an outline or....?)
Any help with next steps are so greatly appreciated (also, if my readings are impossible, as in I screwed up one of the tests, please let me know and I will give it my best shot to re-do)
THANK YOU Pool Gurus!
We have a fiberglass pool (details in sig.), we survived our first season with the pool (barely) by using the basic kit the pool company provided us with and a few prayers. By the end of the summer we were battling algae and cloudy water as well as a white line along the water line of the pool.
The season ended, and here I am....FINALLY doing what I should have done last year and did my first test with the TF-100 kit a few minutes ago (Hallelujah!). I am ready to OWN the care of my pool this summer and not have the constant battle we had last year. We used the dreaded chlorine pucks in an automatic feeder that the pool company told us to use...sure, they were easy....but they didn't do the job well. I'm fairly confident they were the reason for many of our headaches. So, here I am absolutely determined to get this thing balanced and beautiful BEFORE the season comes. The pool is remaining open through the winter, but not being swam in (brrrrrrr)
#1 That test was easier than I expected it to be...I saw all those little bottles and got a little overwhelmed! Easy peasy with the instructions!
#2 Holy Moly my water chemistry is a DISASTER
#3 I have all the numbers recorded and even downloaded the Pool Math App (subscribed) so that I can get the hang of this.
My dilemma is this, the Pool Math App tells you what to add to fix each reading...but aren't many of them interdependent? Does Pool Math take that into account when it tells you what to add of each item?
Here are a listing of my (extremely embarrassing chemistry readings below):
FC .5
CC 2.5
TC 3
pH so low it was off the chart....my guess is around 6 or 6.2
TA 30
CH 50
CYA 110ish? (when we say not seeing the black dot anymore do we mean NOT AT ALL, or only see an outline or....?)
Any help with next steps are so greatly appreciated (also, if my readings are impossible, as in I screwed up one of the tests, please let me know and I will give it my best shot to re-do)
THANK YOU Pool Gurus!