We recently had our pool (built in 1999) re-plastered, finished the job in the beginning of May. The pool people who I dealt with for all my supplies and advice retired. My backup pool guy doesn't clear voicemail so I can't leave a message. I found your website and bought the TFT-100 kit and did my first test today. But first a note on my water. We live rural and use well water. We don't drink the water as it is high in minerals and arsenic. We trucked in city water to fill the pool, but had an auto fill installed at the time of the re-plaster and it is hooked to well water. We put an inline iron filter on the autofill line but 2 plugged quickly so don't have one on there now and we are looking at other options.
I have an IG 19,000 gallon w/spillover spa, Sta-Rite system 3 filter, Pentair Intelliflo variable speed pump. I use the tri-chlor tabs for chlorine but since the re-plaster have been also using liquid when I needed more.
Here are my results:
pH - 8
FC - 0.2
CC -0
CH - 1325
TA - 310
CYA -70
Noticed the last couple of weeks algae forming in the grout at the water line. (Also noticed my grout is deeply grooved, I think we should have re-grouted the tile when the pool was empty but I didn't examine at that time). I'm not really sure what my normal levels should be because I'm putting my crappy well water in. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I have an IG 19,000 gallon w/spillover spa, Sta-Rite system 3 filter, Pentair Intelliflo variable speed pump. I use the tri-chlor tabs for chlorine but since the re-plaster have been also using liquid when I needed more.
Here are my results:
pH - 8
FC - 0.2
CC -0
CH - 1325
TA - 310
CYA -70
Noticed the last couple of weeks algae forming in the grout at the water line. (Also noticed my grout is deeply grooved, I think we should have re-grouted the tile when the pool was empty but I didn't examine at that time). I'm not really sure what my normal levels should be because I'm putting my crappy well water in. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!