I wouldn't worry about the acid demand test. I would just use PoolMath to determine the amount of any acid additions.
High phosphates
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For insurance, if you have the time, continue slam for another 24-48 hours...
Yes.
Yes, test daily. Your test result should never be below range. If you have to add enough to be above range, so when you test next day to be in range, the dose higher. Don't let FC get below range when you test.
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Yup. Good times.
Correct. Maintain a low 7 Ph until the TA is double digits then switch to high 7s Ph. Remeber to update the TA in poolmath as it falls. It makes a big difference in the dose size.
Yup. After you get some experience you can road test double dosing the recent daily loss and see if it holds 2 days. Some skip the test on the 2nd day but dose like the day before. Adjust dose as necessary. And here's the deal. Minimum is *not* ok. It sound way too ok-ish for me. Minimum is lava. You need to be free and clear above min at your next dose time. Not at. Not near. Free and clear.
At or near min is the insurance policy if the regular plan falters a bit. If you dance the min line and falter a bit, bad times will be had.
Your CYA and Calcium are great and won't change much. Check them monthly and report back if need be.
Your TA is going to be forced for now, but will also be reliably stable once it's lowered.
Maintain a ph in the 7s according to what you're looking to do at the moment.
FC stays free and clear from min at all times.
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I was there and it SUCKED being ignorantly misled with no explanations that weren't pulled deep from a pool store persons rear end.
Most here were too and we exist to help it suck less for others. We got you.
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Sorry…back again with another question. Pool math says that if my CYA is 50, then FC Target should be 1-3. That seems low to me, or is that correct?
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screen shot the screen that is telling you this...it is not correct....Link-->FC/CYA Levels
My guess is that you have CYA of 0 in the app, or have changed the CYA to 0 on that screen.
My guess is that you have CYA of 0 in the app, or have changed the CYA to 0 on that screen.
Disregard my last question! It is showing the target to be 4-8 now. Not sure what was looking at before!
4 is min.
It is a cliff you never wish to peek over.
Stay free and clear in the parking lot and call emergency personnel for all the millennials who go over trying to get insta selfies.
It is a cliff you never wish to peek over.
Stay free and clear in the parking lot and call emergency personnel for all the millennials who go over trying to get insta selfies.
Is it better to test in the morning or at night when calculating how much liquid chlorine to add?
No difference. You need a couple of days under your belt to know how it's responding at this point in the season and once you know it's losing X per day, add X per day. Then test to ensure it can lose X and still remain free and clear of min at the low point of the day.
Eventually once you're comfortable with it all, you can skip the 2nd day test and just dose like yesterday, or double dose and skip everything on day 2. Adjust doses as needed so that you remain free and clear above min at the next dose. (Notice a pattern ?
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Eventually once you're comfortable with it all, you can skip the 2nd day test and just dose like yesterday, or double dose and skip everything on day 2. Adjust doses as needed so that you remain free and clear above min at the next dose. (Notice a pattern ?
)Retested all levels this morning. Here are the results. I added muriatic acid about a week ago and pH is still high. I test FC everyday, but how often should I test the others? Why is my pH still so high?
Next steps? More muriatic acid?
Next steps? More muriatic acid?
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Your pH is high because your TA is high. For the most part, ignore TA, manage your PH and keep it in the 7s.
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Added muriatuc acid per the pool math app yesterday and tested pH this morning. It is 7.9. Should I continue to add muriatic acid everyday until the level goes down more?
Thank goodness I’m retired now bc this is a full time job lol!
Sorry, hopefully by next summer I’ll know enough to not ask so many questions.
Thank goodness I’m retired now bc this is a full time job lol!
Sorry, hopefully by next summer I’ll know enough to not ask so many questions.
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When pH rises to 8.0, reduce it to 7.6. Rinse and repeat. This will also lower TA. When TA gets to about 80, stop lowering pH to 7.6 and only reduce to 7.8. pH should stabilize around 7.8.
When I used pool math, my target for pH was low 7s per the previous recommendation to help with the TA. But it only came down to 7.9? Can you tell me what you mean by “rinse and repeat”
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