So, i've been testing my water every 3 days since it was finished, I've subscribed to pool math and I just want to make sure I'm doing this correctly. Also, I had an idea and wanted to run it by the guru's to insure I'm not out of my mind.
In my tests today I got the following:
FC: 8.6
CC: 1.0
Ph: 8.0
TA: 90
CH: 200
CYA: 50
Salt: - Unknown...still waiting on the 1766 from Amazon to get here...
Temp: 86
PoolMath told me to put in 2 cups to drop the Ph down to 7.6 which is my ideal target. When I looked at TA, it said drop the Ph to 7.2 and aerate to drop TA. To do that I would need to add 2 quarters of Acid (31.45%). So, that's what I did. My question is, did I do that right? That should put the Ph still within limits and also drop the TA down to 70.
Second question. My CYA is low, but my FC is high. When I tested on Saturday my CYA was 70 and my FC was 9.1. My hairbrained idea was to leave the CYA at around 50 to bring the FC down down to the 6 range and then increase CYA to 70-80 thinking that FC will continue to drop until its "mixed in" which should hopefully have my FC around 5.5 or so. Does that make sense to do or should I just add the CYA now?
Bonus Question: My CC is 1.0. Ideal is 0. How do I get CC to 0 and is 1.0 high? Should I worry about it?
In my tests today I got the following:
FC: 8.6
CC: 1.0
Ph: 8.0
TA: 90
CH: 200
CYA: 50
Salt: - Unknown...still waiting on the 1766 from Amazon to get here...
Temp: 86
PoolMath told me to put in 2 cups to drop the Ph down to 7.6 which is my ideal target. When I looked at TA, it said drop the Ph to 7.2 and aerate to drop TA. To do that I would need to add 2 quarters of Acid (31.45%). So, that's what I did. My question is, did I do that right? That should put the Ph still within limits and also drop the TA down to 70.
Second question. My CYA is low, but my FC is high. When I tested on Saturday my CYA was 70 and my FC was 9.1. My hairbrained idea was to leave the CYA at around 50 to bring the FC down down to the 6 range and then increase CYA to 70-80 thinking that FC will continue to drop until its "mixed in" which should hopefully have my FC around 5.5 or so. Does that make sense to do or should I just add the CYA now?
Bonus Question: My CC is 1.0. Ideal is 0. How do I get CC to 0 and is 1.0 high? Should I worry about it?