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Ynotnjoylife

Member
Jul 3, 2019
5
Waterford, NY
Hey everyone!
This is my first time here. We are refilling our 17’ x 52” pool after coming down with a slight case of the green algae’s at start up. With end of school/a wedding and a handful of other setbacks we didn’t have the time to fight so we dumped it, scrubbed it and it’s almost back to full.

I know we seriously need to replace our cartridge filter for a sand filter as soon as the budget belt relaxes but until then....
Ok so 6414 gallons.
Hoping to learn all this crazy complicated science of pool chems this year.
I look forward to hearing from yas.
 
Welcome to TFP! :wave: When you get a chance, please update your signature with all of your pool and equipment info. Make sure to include how you test your water. That info will help us later. Great to have you with us.
ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
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Sig is showing fine. :goodjob:

With your new water, make sure to focus on the following upon fill completion:
1 - Add stabilizer (CYA). Minimum of 30
2 - Add chlorine. About 3 ppm on day one, after that follow the FC/CYA Levels to keep FC and CYA balanced together.
3 - Check/adjust pH to the mid-7s.

The rst can be validated a bit later. Let us know how it goes.
 
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