Greetings to all and thanks in advance for your guidance as I made a pool opening ERROR and looking to see what's next.
Short Story is - Filled 28,000 gallon -inground vinyl SWG pool---
and I mistakenly added PH+ through skimmer (thinking I was adding stabilizer)// realized error shortly after and have been decreasing PH and Alkalinity using small doses of muriatic acid every day or two. it's been ~10 days now// and though I get the PH and alkalinity down ~7.2 +/- (using the TFT Test Kit and speed stirrer) the they do gradually goes back up to 8+.
MY QUESTION: What to do now - just sit and wait it out (adjusting every day or two as needed with muriatic acid - OR - If I was to backwash will that help stabilize the swings more quickly. In addition to the PH going through skimmer, we've had abundance of hard rain showers.
Using my test kit - the other variables are within normal limits.
thanks for any guidance
Short Story is - Filled 28,000 gallon -inground vinyl SWG pool---
and I mistakenly added PH+ through skimmer (thinking I was adding stabilizer)// realized error shortly after and have been decreasing PH and Alkalinity using small doses of muriatic acid every day or two. it's been ~10 days now// and though I get the PH and alkalinity down ~7.2 +/- (using the TFT Test Kit and speed stirrer) the they do gradually goes back up to 8+.
MY QUESTION: What to do now - just sit and wait it out (adjusting every day or two as needed with muriatic acid - OR - If I was to backwash will that help stabilize the swings more quickly. In addition to the PH going through skimmer, we've had abundance of hard rain showers.
Using my test kit - the other variables are within normal limits.
thanks for any guidance