So we slammed the pool after opening and it cleared up but is now hazy and I tested per below. I know I need to add the chemicals identified but wondered if there was a proper order to do so or timing in between. Also I have some “ph down” from Leslie’s and wondered if I could use that in lieu of dry acid. Finally can I use pool shock in lieu of bleach when chlorine is called for or is there a problem with that? We stopped using the chlorine tablets last year bc they messed up the balance.
Help know order of adding chemical
- Thread starter Dmmcmurry
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- chemical order
- Jun 7, 2017
- 9,998
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
You need cya ASAP. Then chlorine. What kind of pool to you have? Liner? Fiberglass? Gunite?
- Jun 7, 2017
- 9,998
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
- May 3, 2014
- 62,720
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You vacuumed to waste 22000 gallons of water?
How are you testing your pool water chemistry?
No no. Not the whole pool. I am just saying we replaced a bit of the water by vacuuming. I am using the 100 test kit. I missed a few days and here I am. Went from cya at 60 to 0.
Just reordered the small container of powdered to do the more accurate fc cc test bc found mine is no longer useable. So fc and cc numbers are with Taylor
- Jun 7, 2017
- 9,998
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Test again. If your CYA is 0, get an aquarium ammonia test kit and test for ammonia. Add a gallon of bleach and test in 30 minutes and see how much chlorine you have.
From what I read seems so strange it went down so fast even with the water clean up we did. But I did the test twice the first time. Couldn’t see black dot at 60. Was worried acid was high so was happy when we cleaned pool a bit to waste to add some new water. I have performed the test again and I can see clearly with a full vial. What is best type of stabilizer to buy?