I understand that! But I had already used it when I joined this site and a lot of sites says not to add anything else until day 3.
Metals in my pool
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its the natural chemistry metal free, phosphate free in a pink and white bottle, sorry using work computer so I can't share a picture.
- Jun 1, 2018
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- 26000
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- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
It may reduce the effectiveness of the sequestrant but 5ppm is not a large amount of chlorine if you have cya in the water. It shouldn’t do anything but possibly return the pool to its previous state.
I can always try to go to walmart tonight after work and get the liq cl and add tonight, I was just alittle worried about using anything too soon. My CYA is 43
- May 18, 2015
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- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
CYA of “43” is an odd value. You need to test it yourself with one of the TFP recommended kits to be sure.
Don’t worry about the 43 thing, pretend you never knew. The liquid chlorine is just to hold you over until the kit arrives for real results. Will be interesting how close to 43 the new kit will read. Maybe the pool store got lucky this time. 5ppm of chlorine won’t hurt anything.
- Jun 1, 2018
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- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
While we don’t trust the store’s cya results its highly likely with your trichlor use that you have some cya in the water.
5ppm is not considered a high amount of chlorine for any cya level over 10ppm so it should be just fine. Let’s get some chlorine in there so you don’t also have a swamp on your hands.
Cause it’d be “even” if it was 42 or 44.
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself…Anything other than 30, 40, 50 for a CYA result tells us it came from a pool store, which as you know know we don’t trust as accurate. That’s all that meant. Once you get your test kit, you will fill up the water sample up in increments of 10 until the dot dissapears. Once it does, that’s your CYA value. So there’s no values between the decade numbers. In addition, the FC for CYA=43 is the same as the FC for CYA=50, so there’s no need to know if it’s 43, 47, 41, etc. just need to know if it’s over 40, over 50, etc.
Aaahh that helps explain things thank you. I put 1 gal cl today at 10, when do I check with the current testing kit I have to see if it came up 5pp?Cause it’d be “even” if it was 42 or 44.
Anything other than 30, 40, 50 for a CYA result tells us it came from a pool store, which as you know know we don’t trust as accurate. That’s all that meant. Once you get your test kit, you will fill up the water sample up in increments of 10 until the dot dissapears. Once it does, that’s your CYA value. So there’s no values between the decade numbers. In addition, the FC for CYA=43 is the same as the FC for CYA=50, so there’s no need to know if it’s 43, 47, 41, etc. just need to know if it’s over 40, over 50, etc.
When do I check the cl to see if it came up to 5? How many hours later? Also can I do more than 1 gal a day?
- Apr 10, 2018
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- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
You don't have the proper test kit yet. We know it's in there. Repeat daily until you get your test kit. Post a full set of results when it arrives. This article will help you do a great job!
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Hello here are my results, please help with next move..
Cl 6
CC 2
pH 8
CYA 30-40
TA 120
Cal H 470
Cl 6
CC 2
pH 8
CYA 30-40
TA 120
Cal H 470
- Apr 10, 2018
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Great!
How does the water look? Is it clear or do you see signs of algae (cloudy/green)?
For the FC test, did you use a 10 mL water sample. I just want to confirm your CC reading is 2 ppm. With a 10 mL sample, that would be 4 drops.
Which test kit are you using. Please update signature.
How does the water look? Is it clear or do you see signs of algae (cloudy/green)?
For the FC test, did you use a 10 mL water sample. I just want to confirm your CC reading is 2 ppm. With a 10 mL sample, that would be 4 drops.
Which test kit are you using. Please update signature.
- Apr 10, 2018
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Use the 10 mL option to conserve reagents. How about the other questions?
Oh I am sorry, the pool is the clearest its been since I started using liquid cl. No signs of algae or dirt
- Apr 10, 2018
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- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Your chemistry looks good. If you see no signs of copper staining at this time, you may be fine.
Use muriatic acid to lower pH to 7.2. Use PoolMath to help you determine the amount required. Use liquid chlorine to maintain FC based on the FC/CYA Levels. Use the higher target levels until you get to know your pool.
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Use muriatic acid to lower pH to 7.2. Use PoolMath to help you determine the amount required. Use liquid chlorine to maintain FC based on the FC/CYA Levels. Use the higher target levels until you get to know your pool.
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