How am I lookin'?

[fatboy1271]

Fiberglass, SWG, 17K to 18K gallons of water, Southern California

I just added Muriatic Acid to lower pH so that I can then lower my TA. I used 10ml of water yesterday when testing TA, then added baking soda. Luckily, I only added half of what I thought I needed but now my TA is a little high after testing with the correct amount of water

My CYA is at the "max acceptable," is that ok? The tester I have for CYA has a gap in numbers from 60 to 100; it's less than 100 but it's really hard to tell with any accuracy where I'm truly at. I've been laid off for 3 weeks and live in SoCal so I can't afford to drain any water...

CH is quite low; however, I feel like in the past I was told not to worry too much about it with the fiberglass. Thoughts?

I appreciate any input
fatboy

 

[PoolStored]

Your CYA is high. I would stop using trichlor and start using liquid chlorine. Let the summer degrade some of that CYA to lower it....

 

[fatboy1271]

Your CYA is high. I would stop using trichlor and start using liquid chlorine. Let the summer degrade some of that CYA to lower it....

I have a Salt Water Generator and when I do add extra chlorine it is always liquid! I never, ever use tablets...

 

[pjt]

I just added Muriatic Acid to lower pH so that I can then lower my TA. I used 10ml of water yesterday when testing TA, then added baking soda.

Why did you add baking soda (increasing TA) then attempt to lower TA? A non-trichlor pool will rarely (likely never) need baking soda. TA of 50 or above is perfectly fine.

 

[fatboy1271]

Why did you add baking soda (increasing TA) then attempt to lower TA? A non-trichlor pool will rarely (likely never) need baking soda. TA of 50 or above is perfectly fine.

As I stated, I took an incorrect reading... I used 10ml of water instead of 25ml; therefore, I had a "false" reading.

 

[fatboy1271]

Just did my tests: TA is at 90 and pH is at 7.5, both are in the acceptable ranges!

Here's to hoping that my OCLT comes back acceptable

 

[fatboy1271]

My OCLT was 2ppm I remembered that I hadn't backwashed since my last full filter clean, so I did that. I'm never sure how much DE to add back in, but I used up what I had left.

Tested CYA and it had dropped to 80; I'm happy about that. Just added my chlorine for the SLAM and here's to hopin this is the last one!

 

[fatboy1271]

I've been leaving my pump on overnight when running my OCLT. Two days in a row I tested around 10:30PM and then again at 5:30AM. One night was 2.0 ppm and the other was 2.5 ppm.

Yesterday I backwashed and scrubbed the walls, light, and intakes. I checked every 3 hours, adding what was necessary to maintain my SLAM level and I was feeling very confident. Then I almost cried this morning after testing! First reading at 9:30PM and second at 4:30AM and it was 6 ppm! Today I had no desire to do anything with it, which is the wrong direction to go...

It's hard getting up so early, to only be disappointed.

*Thanks for moving this here. Wasn't sure what was more appropriate; new thread or add to this.