Hello all,
As stated in my intro, I am a new pool owner and I just completed my first water test so am looking for any comments/suggestions before I proceed as indicated in the "pool math" app (thanks for providing that resource by the way).
Assuming I did everything correctly, here is what I got:
FC: 4.6
PH: 7.4
TA: 120
CH: 420 (may be higher as I wasn't sure how blue I should be looking for)
CYA: 30 (may be lower as I filled the small tube and could still see the black dot at the bottom through the cloudy water)
According to pool math, I need to:
1) Add 30oz of Borax to raise PH a bit
2) Reduce my TA by reducing PH with acid then aerate to increase it again
3) Increase CYA by adding 28oz of dry stabilizer
I am a little confused by the pool math instruction to raise my PH and also lower it. Did I possibly get some questionable test results? Any thoughts/suggestions in general before I proceed?
Thanks for your help!
Burke
As stated in my intro, I am a new pool owner and I just completed my first water test so am looking for any comments/suggestions before I proceed as indicated in the "pool math" app (thanks for providing that resource by the way).
Assuming I did everything correctly, here is what I got:
FC: 4.6
PH: 7.4
TA: 120
CH: 420 (may be higher as I wasn't sure how blue I should be looking for)
CYA: 30 (may be lower as I filled the small tube and could still see the black dot at the bottom through the cloudy water)
According to pool math, I need to:
1) Add 30oz of Borax to raise PH a bit
2) Reduce my TA by reducing PH with acid then aerate to increase it again
3) Increase CYA by adding 28oz of dry stabilizer
I am a little confused by the pool math instruction to raise my PH and also lower it. Did I possibly get some questionable test results? Any thoughts/suggestions in general before I proceed?
Thanks for your help!
Burke