Hello from Perryville, Ky

[Creekside]

Be careful using your vac to waste option for draining below the skimmer lest you accidentally run the pump dry.
A submersible pump is ideal.

Thanks. I stood out there with it while it was running. I used a garden hose siphon for most of the drainage.

 

[Creekside]

Ok.. sorry for the delay. The motorcycle distracted me for a couple days.
After refill here are the numbers.
PH- 7.8
FC - 0.2
TA - 128
TC - 0.2
TH - 145
CYA - 5
Added 1 lb dry acid for Ph
2 gallons of 10% liquid chlorine

 

[Newdude]

How are you testing ?

We can't measure TA or CH that specifically with our tests, nor would one need to.

 

[Creekside]

How are you testing ?

We can't measure TA or CH that specifically with our tests, nor would one need to.

Taylor test and pool store. They came out about the same. Not sure on the CH? I tried to get results for the items in the pool math calculator.

 

[Leebo]

First and foremost……WELCOME TO TFP!

May I ask a few really quick and odd questions? First, what was your water source when refilling the pool? Second, can you explain the green color and how it occurred? Did this color change occur like instantly when adding the chlorine? Lastly, is there any way you maybe still have a few Baquacil strips laying around?

 

[Creekside]

City water.
Almost immediately after adding the liquid chlorine
I do

 

[Leebo]

I’m actually kinda shocked, but let’s see one finial thing. For giggles, can you test the water using one of the strips? I’d love to see if the Sanitizer level is still high from Baquacil.

 

[Creekside]

I’m actually kinda shocked, but let’s see one finial thing. For giggles, can you test the water using one of the strips? I’d love to see if the Sanitizer level is still high from Baquacil.

Between 0-15. Closer to 0

 

[Creekside]

 

[Creekside]

Current situation

 

[Newdude]

Taylor test and pool store

Only report the Taylor results. Stick around and you'll see the other one be off, often enough, that you won't believe them either.

 

[Mdragger88]

Maybe the greenish was the last hoorah of the baqua? Keep raising fc to 15ppm as often as you can.
Follow the steps outlined in the article

Convert Your Baqua Pool to Chlorine

This Step-by-step guide will help you transform your pool from Biguanide (Baquacil, SoftSwim hereafter referred to as Baqua) to chlorine. Read more

www.troublefreepool.com

Your
PoolMath logs are empty so its hard to see the progression since the fc losses tell the tale after the color changing show is over.

 

[Creekside]

not sure I understand how to post the pool math numbers.
Home from work and FC and TC were zero.
Got it back up to FC 15
PH 7.6
TA 240 ( not sure, a touch of color blindness)
TH 50
CYA 20
Water is pretty clear.

 

[Mdragger88]

The ta won’t change much so you don’t need to keep re testing it right now.
In poolmath you’re only logging your additions.
Next time try this before changing anything in the overview cards

 

[Newdude]

not sure I understand how to post the pool math numbers.

Upgrade for $7. It's for the *year* and worth every penny. Not only does it save all your logs so you can see trends and/or when it started going south, but we can see them too. Many times we'll spot something you didn't, and have you nip it in the bud.

TC

Ignore TC entirely. The answer of 7 (for example) is irrelevant. It could be 6 FC and 1 CC, or 3 FC and 4 CC. The components are everything and tell the story that matters.

 

[Leebo]

Got it back up to FC 15
PH 7.6
TA 240 ( not sure, a touch of color blindness)
TH 50
CYA 20

What was your CC level if you checked it. Also, have you added any CYA? If not I suspect this is a test error as your cya should be zero.

 

[Creekside]

Could be zero. I have trouble with the colors. My wife usually reads it.

 

[Mdragger88]

If you get the speed stir it has a light which is a game changer for seeing the color changes. I was an old school swirler but I have been converted

 

[Creekside]

The ta won’t change much so you don’t need to keep re testing it right now.
In poolmath you’re only logging your additions.
Next time try this before changing anything in the overview cards

Thanks!

 

[Mdragger88]

Thanks!

I see your test logs!!
Now when you look at the overview cards your current results will already be there, then you hit each card you need to calculate/adjust & then log that addition.