My pool was installed 2 week ago and we've had nothing but problems trying to get our chemicals balanced. I've brought water samples to different stores, and rec'd different readings each time. The most current reading (today) is:
TA: 235
pH: 8.4
Hardness: 672
Free Chlorine 0.1
Total Chlorine 0.1
CYA: 50
TDS: 750
Optimizer Plus: 2
Saturation Index: High
Yes, I have well water that is very hard. Tonight I added (per pool store) 1 Gallon Acid Magic. I was told to wait a few hours and then add an entire 5lbs bottle of Bioguard Burnout 73 to overshock the pool. The bottle says 1lb per 16,500 gallons, so I am hesitant. He also told me to add 3 jumbo pucks of trichlor into my skimmer (in addition to my floating duck with 3 pucks who has been in the pool since filling).
Over the past two weeks, we've tried getting the TA down - first reading (at a different pool store) was 340, and I was told to add 8 lbs of dry acid, 1 lb every 4 hours - which I did - and the next test showed 350. I did six more lbs of dry acid (1lb every 4 hrs) and still got a reading of 340 - but the other pool store showed 245. Last saturday I was told to add 1gal of Acid Magic - and today's reading was 235 (I have not gone back to pool store #1 who had me burning thru dry acid with no results).
I'm seriously at my wits end and regretting getting the pool. Any suggestions would be welcome and appreciated - more than you know!!
Please and THANK YOU!!
TA: 235
pH: 8.4
Hardness: 672
Free Chlorine 0.1
Total Chlorine 0.1
CYA: 50
TDS: 750
Optimizer Plus: 2
Saturation Index: High
Yes, I have well water that is very hard. Tonight I added (per pool store) 1 Gallon Acid Magic. I was told to wait a few hours and then add an entire 5lbs bottle of Bioguard Burnout 73 to overshock the pool. The bottle says 1lb per 16,500 gallons, so I am hesitant. He also told me to add 3 jumbo pucks of trichlor into my skimmer (in addition to my floating duck with 3 pucks who has been in the pool since filling).
Over the past two weeks, we've tried getting the TA down - first reading (at a different pool store) was 340, and I was told to add 8 lbs of dry acid, 1 lb every 4 hours - which I did - and the next test showed 350. I did six more lbs of dry acid (1lb every 4 hrs) and still got a reading of 340 - but the other pool store showed 245. Last saturday I was told to add 1gal of Acid Magic - and today's reading was 235 (I have not gone back to pool store #1 who had me burning thru dry acid with no results).
I'm seriously at my wits end and regretting getting the pool. Any suggestions would be welcome and appreciated - more than you know!!
Please and THANK YOU!!