new pool, just filled it a week and 1/2 ago. Had 8 people over to swim and numbers have never been the same since. I know I can’t shock the pool yet, or turn on the salt so I’m doing the best I can but it seems the CC level is always high.
It did get pretty cloudy the day after we had 8 people in the pool and I started adding acid and bleach, but I fear I may have been too late?
The first day I noticed the pool was cloudy I tested and FC and TC were at 0. Ph was up well past 8.2. TA was at 80. I added a pint and 9oz of MA & 14 oz of 10% chlorine.
The next day of course because I didn’t add enough chlorine my FC was at 0 again and my TC was at 1. My Ph was the same over 8.2. I added 20 oz of CYA because that was also testing at less than 30. I also added 26 oz of 10% chlorine again hoping to get free chlorine up to at least 1. This is the day that worries me though, the TC was at 1 so doesn’t that mean something’s in the water? How can I get this TC down to .5 without shocking the pool? (New gunite)
I added more chlorine again this morning and when I got home re ran all the test.
Any idea how I can get this CC to decrese? I’m hesitant to add too much chlorine or that TC number will sky rocket so I’ve just been adding little bits of chlorine each day.
the spillover is on 24 hours at day as well as the pump at this point because I’m adding cya again today. I’ll shut that spillover off so it’s only running a few hours a day.
also adding the cya helped the ph level.
Heres my current readings.
FC 1
CC 1.5
TC 2.5
PH 7.8
TA 70
Calcium 300
CYA less than 30 (I’ll add another 2 lbs tonight to get me above 60, which will also help the PH and TA. I think/hope)
I guess that’s another question will the TA increase or decrease with the addition of CYA?
thank you in advance!
It did get pretty cloudy the day after we had 8 people in the pool and I started adding acid and bleach, but I fear I may have been too late?
The first day I noticed the pool was cloudy I tested and FC and TC were at 0. Ph was up well past 8.2. TA was at 80. I added a pint and 9oz of MA & 14 oz of 10% chlorine.
The next day of course because I didn’t add enough chlorine my FC was at 0 again and my TC was at 1. My Ph was the same over 8.2. I added 20 oz of CYA because that was also testing at less than 30. I also added 26 oz of 10% chlorine again hoping to get free chlorine up to at least 1. This is the day that worries me though, the TC was at 1 so doesn’t that mean something’s in the water? How can I get this TC down to .5 without shocking the pool? (New gunite)
I added more chlorine again this morning and when I got home re ran all the test.
Any idea how I can get this CC to decrese? I’m hesitant to add too much chlorine or that TC number will sky rocket so I’ve just been adding little bits of chlorine each day.
the spillover is on 24 hours at day as well as the pump at this point because I’m adding cya again today. I’ll shut that spillover off so it’s only running a few hours a day.
also adding the cya helped the ph level.
Heres my current readings.
FC 1
CC 1.5
TC 2.5
PH 7.8
TA 70
Calcium 300
CYA less than 30 (I’ll add another 2 lbs tonight to get me above 60, which will also help the PH and TA. I think/hope)
I guess that’s another question will the TA increase or decrease with the addition of CYA?
thank you in advance!
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