i am new. thanx for any help.
i ran out of reagent for cya and my reading went from 70 on 6/16/2017 to 160 ish today. my test goes up to 100. first test was over 100 so diluted reagent to half then doubled the 80 reading i had. guessing I'm around 160?
my history upon opening the pool was struggling to keep free chlorine in pool, ph was running low at 6.9 land kept dropping after raising back to 7.4 and the alk was high 130. ph would drop and alk would climb.
i new that the ph and alk separation was an issue and asked for help but kept getting bad info from pool store. was told it would all level out in time. any ideas why? dies tricolor lower ph that much yet still raise alk?
the more tricolor i put in and more ph plus (carbonate not bi-carbonate) the higher the alk got.i was aware of this and kept asking pool store for help but they just kept recommending more up for ph then down for alk resulting in my yo yo effect.
i went through a cycle of lowering alk from 240 to 190 with the muriatic acid lowering then raised it right back up along with the sodium carbonate i used to raise the ph back up. i was told the ph would raise without raising the alk very much. i asked ( pool store) this prior to using it. i had lower alk at 120 but only to raise it back up to 190
i am pretty sure its from my tricolor because i was going through chlorine pretty badly.
my water is finally balanced fairly well except for alkalinity at 190 and obviously cya.
today= free chl. 3, total 3, ph 7.4, alk 190, CH 190, cya guessing around 160?
want to change to bleach or cal hypo to chlorinate and maybe use borax to raise ph if ever necessary again.
any ideas short of draining my entire crystal clear pool all the way down?
if i use borax should i do a little as needed or get the pool to 30-50 ppm to start?
if so will that effect any decision making in how to lower alk or cya?
Please help the more i read the more confused i get.
i ran out of reagent for cya and my reading went from 70 on 6/16/2017 to 160 ish today. my test goes up to 100. first test was over 100 so diluted reagent to half then doubled the 80 reading i had. guessing I'm around 160?
my history upon opening the pool was struggling to keep free chlorine in pool, ph was running low at 6.9 land kept dropping after raising back to 7.4 and the alk was high 130. ph would drop and alk would climb.
i new that the ph and alk separation was an issue and asked for help but kept getting bad info from pool store. was told it would all level out in time. any ideas why? dies tricolor lower ph that much yet still raise alk?
the more tricolor i put in and more ph plus (carbonate not bi-carbonate) the higher the alk got.i was aware of this and kept asking pool store for help but they just kept recommending more up for ph then down for alk resulting in my yo yo effect.
i went through a cycle of lowering alk from 240 to 190 with the muriatic acid lowering then raised it right back up along with the sodium carbonate i used to raise the ph back up. i was told the ph would raise without raising the alk very much. i asked ( pool store) this prior to using it. i had lower alk at 120 but only to raise it back up to 190
i am pretty sure its from my tricolor because i was going through chlorine pretty badly.
my water is finally balanced fairly well except for alkalinity at 190 and obviously cya.
today= free chl. 3, total 3, ph 7.4, alk 190, CH 190, cya guessing around 160?
want to change to bleach or cal hypo to chlorinate and maybe use borax to raise ph if ever necessary again.
any ideas short of draining my entire crystal clear pool all the way down?
if i use borax should i do a little as needed or get the pool to 30-50 ppm to start?
if so will that effect any decision making in how to lower alk or cya?
Please help the more i read the more confused i get.
