Hey guys! Since day 1, I feel like I have been testing my CYA incorrectly. Long story short, when I add CYA to get my levels up to 70, I get algae in my pool right away although my FC is what is supposed to be from the CYA chart. This is year 2 of this happening now.
So I decided to take a pic of my last CYA test and let you see what I am seeing in the view tube. Last year when I realized I was testing CYA incorrectly, I ordered the 50ppm standard solution to see what the dot is supposed to look like when "you can no longer see it." So I also uploaded a pic of the 50ppm standard solution mixed with the R-0013 testing solution and filled to the 50 line in the view tube.
The first 7 pics is my pool water test from yesterday. The last pic is the standard solution test (not my pool water).
My pool water test is after my adding enough CYA (over the coarse of a month) to where my levels should be at 60ppm...Well considering I knew the true CYA level I was starting with at the beginning of the season (30ppm from a store test and my home R-0013 test).
Where am I going wrong? Is my R-0013 tester solution maybe bad? The pic with the 50ppm standard solution that I tested with has the black dot very visible in my opinion when it's at the 50 black line....
Feel like I am stuck in a rut of being able to keep a clear pool until I truly know what my CYA levels are. Help!
So I decided to take a pic of my last CYA test and let you see what I am seeing in the view tube. Last year when I realized I was testing CYA incorrectly, I ordered the 50ppm standard solution to see what the dot is supposed to look like when "you can no longer see it." So I also uploaded a pic of the 50ppm standard solution mixed with the R-0013 testing solution and filled to the 50 line in the view tube.
The first 7 pics is my pool water test from yesterday. The last pic is the standard solution test (not my pool water).
My pool water test is after my adding enough CYA (over the coarse of a month) to where my levels should be at 60ppm...Well considering I knew the true CYA level I was starting with at the beginning of the season (30ppm from a store test and my home R-0013 test).
Where am I going wrong? Is my R-0013 tester solution maybe bad? The pic with the 50ppm standard solution that I tested with has the black dot very visible in my opinion when it's at the 50 black line....
Feel like I am stuck in a rut of being able to keep a clear pool until I truly know what my CYA levels are. Help!