Hi all,
I have spent the last 3 weeks reading as much as I can from this site in anticipation of getting my new pool put in. There is so much great information and I am totally sold on the TFP method so I want to thank you all in advance.
In any case I wanted to post my first test results and get some feedback on how to proceed so I don't mess anything up. The pool is pretty small (5300 Gallon AGP/ Sand Filter/ No SWG). I had a similar sized pool before but just threw random chemicals in based on what the bottles said and never had nice looking water.
The pool was filled late Sunday with 5-10% water from my well and the rest with clear water from the fire company (from a hydrant). I spent half the day Monday getting my pump operating again so didn't test until about 24 hours after the fill and my numbers are below:
FC - 0
CC - 0
PH - 7.6
CYA - 0 (Not cloudy at all)
TA - 120-160 (started to change around 120 but not fully changed until 160)
CH - 110 - 160 (I had a hard time with this one because it went purple at first then blue)
Test kit was a Taylor 2006
The only thing I have done so far was add 2 cups of 12% LC. I tested about an hour after that to make sure I was doing the FC test correct and got 2.2PPM FC.
I was going to add CYA today. I have HTH stabilizer granulars and PoolMath tells me to add 2LB.
I am going to rerun all the tests tonight or tomorrow to ensure my TA, PH and CH numbers are right but is there anything else I should be doing other than adding CYA and more bleach? Do I need to lower my TA?
Thanks in advance
I have spent the last 3 weeks reading as much as I can from this site in anticipation of getting my new pool put in. There is so much great information and I am totally sold on the TFP method so I want to thank you all in advance.
In any case I wanted to post my first test results and get some feedback on how to proceed so I don't mess anything up. The pool is pretty small (5300 Gallon AGP/ Sand Filter/ No SWG). I had a similar sized pool before but just threw random chemicals in based on what the bottles said and never had nice looking water.
The pool was filled late Sunday with 5-10% water from my well and the rest with clear water from the fire company (from a hydrant). I spent half the day Monday getting my pump operating again so didn't test until about 24 hours after the fill and my numbers are below:
FC - 0
CC - 0
PH - 7.6
CYA - 0 (Not cloudy at all)
TA - 120-160 (started to change around 120 but not fully changed until 160)
CH - 110 - 160 (I had a hard time with this one because it went purple at first then blue)
Test kit was a Taylor 2006
The only thing I have done so far was add 2 cups of 12% LC. I tested about an hour after that to make sure I was doing the FC test correct and got 2.2PPM FC.
I was going to add CYA today. I have HTH stabilizer granulars and PoolMath tells me to add 2LB.
I am going to rerun all the tests tonight or tomorrow to ensure my TA, PH and CH numbers are right but is there anything else I should be doing other than adding CYA and more bleach? Do I need to lower my TA?
Thanks in advance
