Got my TF pro year kit and my first results. Suggestions please.

[so_dank]

Ok so ive had a horrible time with pool chemicals since going to the local shop for testing. My old kit did cl and pH so I thought the pool store would be better, hundreds of dollars later and some chalking on the pool, here I am with an awesome TF pro salt test kit. The people at the store are great but we disagree on a few things, specifically Hardness.
I've attached a Pic of the old parameters that the store set and the numbers of last test. This was done april 7th.
These are my current test numbers after a 1/2 inch of rain last night, April 11th
FC-2
CC-0.5
CYA-60
TA-60
PH- 7.7ish Lol
Calcium Hardness -125 (my pool shell MF sun pool says 350, store says it ruins pool and should be lower) thinking this is where my white haze came from a i blindly followed advice. My phosphates sat at 4,000 all winter while I scrubbed (scale tec) because they thought I had scaling from calcium build up but after reading and reading I'm wondering if it's the opposite and I had calcium leaving from the gel coat.
My is SALT-3200
I see the suggested numbers in the kit but I want to see what the community suggests. My sun pool MF says the following for my shell.
Chlorine 1.0ppm
P.h. 7.4 to 7.6
Alk 80 to 100 ppm
Calcium Hardness 350 ppm
Cya 60 ppm
Thanks in advance, hopefully this gets me back in line. This test kit was worth EVERY penny. Hardest thing was deciding what is an obscure black dot. Lol and the yellow on the block is useless to me, the purple isn't that bad. Wish they had a drop test like the rest, you can't mess that up.

 

[Bperry]

Ok so ive had a horrible time with pool chemicals since going to the local shop for testing. My old kit did cl and pH so I thought the pool store would be better, hundreds of dollars later and some chalking on the pool, here I am with an awesome TF pro salt test kit. The people at the store are great but we disagree on a few things, specifically Hardness.
I've attached a Pic of the old parameters that the store set and the numbers of last test. This was done april 7th.
These are my current test numbers after a 1/2 inch of rain last night, April 11th
FC-2
CC-0.5
CYA-60
TA-60
PH- 7.7ish Lol
Calcium Hardness -125 (my pool shell MF sun pool says 350, store says it ruins pool and should be lower) thinking this is where my white haze came from a i blindly followed advice. My phosphates sat at 4,000 all winter while I scrubbed (scale tec) because they thought I had scaling from calcium build up but after reading and reading I'm wondering if it's the opposite and I had calcium leaving from the gel coat.
My is SALT-3200
I see the suggested numbers in the kit but I want to see what the community suggests. My sun pool MF says the following for my shell.
Chlorine 1.0ppm
P.h. 7.4 to 7.6
Alk 80 to 100 ppm
Calcium Hardness 350 ppm
Cya 60 ppm
Thanks in advance, hopefully this gets me back in line. This test kit was worth EVERY penny. Hardest thing was deciding what is an obscure black dot. Lol and the yellow on the block is useless to me, the purple isn't that bad. Wish they had a drop test like the rest, you can't mess that up.

The only thing I see wrong with your numbers is the FC is too low. Calcium being low isn’t going to hurt anything unless you have equipment that requires it. The calcium will go up over time and if it’s your first time using the kit, it can be tempting to stop adding drops too soon which make it appear lower than it really is.

When you add the drops to change it to blue, keep adding them until it stops becoming MORE blue. If you stop when it’s just starting to be blue, it’ll read too low.

 

[so_dank]

The only thing I see wrong with your numbers is the FC is too low. Calcium being low isn’t going to hurt anything unless you have equipment that requires it. The calcium will go up over time and if it’s your first time using the kit, it can be tempting to stop adding drops too soon which make it appear lower than it really is.

When you add the drops to change it to blue, keep adding them until it stops becoming MORE blue. If you stop when it’s just starting to be blue, it’ll read too low.

Thanks for the info on the drops, I noticed that and debated if that was good..after another drop it went from sky blue to blue. Same with the milky red for the salt test.. light pink to RED.

 

[Bperry]

Thanks for the info on the drops, I noticed that and debated if that was good..after another drop it went from sky blue to blue. Same with the milky red for the salt test.. light pink to RED.

The salt test is the only one that’s different. It should switch from milky yellow to red like “Bam!”. Once it does that, the test is done. If you have the speed-stir it’s easier to see.

 

[so_dank]

The salt test is the only one that’s different. It should switch from milky yellow to red like “Bam!”. Once it does that, the test is done. If you have the speed-stir it’s easier to see.

Im color blind, i was looking at yellow but then thought I was seeing orange then a pink that went boom RED..i definitely added the drops slow on that one. Speed stir was worth every penny though!! I can lie I was confused for a few minutes after I opened the box... then it all made what and I felt like an idiot. I was looking for a metal stirring spoon lolol. The light is awesome.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Test your fill water too to see what your CH of that is. If there is some CH in the fill water then you will add some CH every time you add water to the pool.

 

[so_dank]

Test your fill water too to see what your CH of that is. If there is some CH in the fill water then you will add some CH every time you add water to the pool.

Oh dang, didn't think of that