You can keep the end of the hose off the floor by attaching a floatie of sorts to the end of it.
It's beautiful! A little green right now, once we hit it with chorine it'll blue up....It is interesting to see a gunite/fiberglass/gunite pool transform. Thanks for risking your life/marriage!
How are you aerating to bring the pH back up?
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Shoulda asked: Are you guys in charge of the start-up?
You need to get that pH up. Lower than test range pH is not good.
Would you give us a full list of your current test results as soon as your testkit arrives? It is difficult to advise without those numbers. Thanks!
FILL WATER
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FC 0
My fill water was PH of 8
Total Alkalinity of 175
Calcium Hardness of 250
TDS 400
Salt 300
My TA is right now about 125
My PH is 7.2
Do you have your own test kit? TF-100 or K2006C?
Pool store testing is mostly considered unreliable at best.
Have you added CYA yet? What is your target CYA level?
You may want to consider added about 2ppm chlorine for now - best not to give algae a start.