Low TA and pH

[Dadofthree74]

My TA is 30
pH is less than 7. Had to add 6 drops of base to get to 7.4 (don’t have my Taylor booklet to figure out how much base to add).

Question re TA
Can I use sodium bicarbonate? It’s not on pool math. So not sure how much. There are directions on the bottle.

I’ll recheck pH after ta is up then add sodium carbonate

These are what I have so wanted to use them if ok.

Thanks

 

[PoolStored]

Bring the TA up to 50-60 using baking soda and THEN raise your pH to around 7.4 using 20 Mule Team Borax. Use pool math for amounts of chemicals. Link-->PoolMath

 

[mgtfp]

Sodium bicarbonate, bicarbonate of soda and baking soda are all just different names for the same thing.

 

[Dadofthree74]

I added the sod bicarbonate. Ta up to 80. pH up to 7.2.

Will just sit on it.