Pool specs in sig. Using the TFT Test Kit.
So I think I have a handle on the pool for the most part, test everything with the kit, keep my levels in line, it's perfectly clear and wonderful. The only thing I cannot yet wrangle is the pH. I am adding lots of acid all the time and it keeps going up. Is it the Florida rain? I do nothing out of the ordinary, that I know of, and the pH keeps ending up back over 8 (top of the TFT Test Kit range) every few weeks.
Here are the current readings from last weekend:
CL: I keep this at 7, add liquid 2x a week
CYA: 50
pH: 8+
TA:8
Calcium Hardness: 320
So last night I added in my 20 oz of acid as the calculator said to try to drop it down to 7.4. This morning the pH reading was only dented slighty and it's sitting at 7.8, maybe, if I am reading it right in the light. So in a little bit I will go add another 14oz of acid to try to bring it down again. But it will just go back up. Looking at my chart I keep here are some examples:
7/21:7.4
8/26:8
1/19: 7.4
2/3: 8
5/12: 7.4
5/19: 8
Does pH normally climb like this or is there something wrong someplace?
So I think I have a handle on the pool for the most part, test everything with the kit, keep my levels in line, it's perfectly clear and wonderful. The only thing I cannot yet wrangle is the pH. I am adding lots of acid all the time and it keeps going up. Is it the Florida rain? I do nothing out of the ordinary, that I know of, and the pH keeps ending up back over 8 (top of the TFT Test Kit range) every few weeks.
Here are the current readings from last weekend:
CL: I keep this at 7, add liquid 2x a week
CYA: 50
pH: 8+
TA:8
Calcium Hardness: 320
So last night I added in my 20 oz of acid as the calculator said to try to drop it down to 7.4. This morning the pH reading was only dented slighty and it's sitting at 7.8, maybe, if I am reading it right in the light. So in a little bit I will go add another 14oz of acid to try to bring it down again. But it will just go back up. Looking at my chart I keep here are some examples:
7/21:7.4
8/26:8
1/19: 7.4
2/3: 8
5/12: 7.4
5/19: 8
Does pH normally climb like this or is there something wrong someplace?