Okay, it's 12:33am est and I just checked the levels. The TA went up to 90 (I check it twice). Is this concerning? What is a good normal range?
The pH is probably at about a 7.0. I will only need to add a little more borax to get it in the 7.2 range. I will start shocking the pool tomorrow morning.
I just want someone to verify my numbers, so I don't screw this up! Using the pool calculator, my pool is 7600 gallons. Using the CYA/Chlorine chart (btw should I recheck my CYA??) I'm about at a 30-35ppm of CYA, so my shock level should be about 12-15. I would like to go with 15 to be safe.
Tomorrow morning I will need to add enough bleach ( currenly at 0 chlorine, want to be at 15ppm). The pool calculator says to add "1 gallon 3 quarts 2 cups or 2.5 (96 oz) jugs". Is this correct?
Also, to be sure I know what I'm doing, I am supposed to measure the levels every hour (which is what I have allotted myself). The Minimum free chlorine for my CYA levels is between 2 and 3 and the target is between 4 and 5. I haven't done this part yet (adding the chlorine) so I may not know what I'm talking about, but is it possible to shock the pool, get it to 15ppm but not have the correct FC?
I am supposed to check every hour and bring it back up to shock value, scrub the pool, and probably need to spray the filter tomorrow. The pump is running 24/7. I will repeat this process until I measure the FC level after sunset and then measure it again very early in the morning. If the FC remained stable (within 0.5 of the same reading) overnight, and the CC level is 0.5 or lower then all of the algae is gone.
I also read that it can take up to a week for the filter to get out all the dead algae?
Correct? Thanks so much guys!
The pH is probably at about a 7.0. I will only need to add a little more borax to get it in the 7.2 range. I will start shocking the pool tomorrow morning.
I just want someone to verify my numbers, so I don't screw this up! Using the pool calculator, my pool is 7600 gallons. Using the CYA/Chlorine chart (btw should I recheck my CYA??) I'm about at a 30-35ppm of CYA, so my shock level should be about 12-15. I would like to go with 15 to be safe.
Tomorrow morning I will need to add enough bleach ( currenly at 0 chlorine, want to be at 15ppm). The pool calculator says to add "1 gallon 3 quarts 2 cups or 2.5 (96 oz) jugs". Is this correct?
Also, to be sure I know what I'm doing, I am supposed to measure the levels every hour (which is what I have allotted myself). The Minimum free chlorine for my CYA levels is between 2 and 3 and the target is between 4 and 5. I haven't done this part yet (adding the chlorine) so I may not know what I'm talking about, but is it possible to shock the pool, get it to 15ppm but not have the correct FC?
I am supposed to check every hour and bring it back up to shock value, scrub the pool, and probably need to spray the filter tomorrow. The pump is running 24/7. I will repeat this process until I measure the FC level after sunset and then measure it again very early in the morning. If the FC remained stable (within 0.5 of the same reading) overnight, and the CC level is 0.5 or lower then all of the algae is gone.
I also read that it can take up to a week for the filter to get out all the dead algae?
Correct? Thanks so much guys!