PoolMath - No longer recommending aerate?

[tradewinds]

My PoolMath app got updated to a new version and I don't see aerate as an option anymore to raise pH, just borax and soda ash.

Current, 7.4, Target 7.6

 

[AUSpool]

You shouldn’t need an app to tell you how or when to aerate. A TA of 40 & 45ppm is too low, the bicarb you added will raise the pH a bit and it will come up on its own. I would just let it come up on its own.

 

[tradewinds]

I aerate all the time with a constantly on bubbler and water features for 4-hours a day. But the app used to make this suggestions to aerate and now doesn't. That was the question being asked if that is no longer going to be recommended.

 

[PoolStored]

My PoolMath app got updated to a new version and I don't see aerate as an option anymore to raise pH, just borax and soda ash.

@Leebo

 

[AUSpool]

I aerate all the time with a constantly on bubbler and water features for 4-hours a day. But the app used to make this suggestions to aerate and now doesn't. That was the question being asked if that is no longer going to be recommended.

I suspect it was just an oversight but would wait to hear what Leebo says. I cant think of any reason why TFP would not recommend aeration for the right circumstance. If anything TFP doesn’t really recommend the use of soda ash with preference to borax so having the alternative of aeration would be nice.

In practice there are few situations where there should be a need to raise pH. Most pools need to lower it. And there is a difference between having water features and bubblers that increase the natural rate of pH increase and adding aeration to temporarily increase the rate of pH increase.

 

[tradewinds]

Correct. I'm in usually lowering it with acid. But for some reason it has got low and not raising as usual. These are the options given:

 

[kimkats]

Good catch! Aeration does need to be listed as well.

 

[Leebo]

To the best of my knowledge, we have never suggested aeration in the pH advice menu. While pH can indeed be increased by aeration, and we do suggest on TFP that aeration be used as a method, PoolMath is primarily a calculator and it’s not possible to calculate how much aeration you would need to increase your pH.

We can consider adding features to make aeration recommendations in the future, but this will involve multiple steps and a good bit of work as we’d want that feature to make recommendations in multiple parts of the App.

 

[tradewinds]

To the best of my knowledge, we have never suggested aeration in the pH advice menu. While pH can indeed be increased by aeration, and we do suggest on TFP that aeration be used as a method, PoolMath is primarily a calculator and it’s not possible to calculate how much aeration you would need to increase your pH.

We can consider adding features to make aeration recommendations in the future, but this will involve multiple steps and a good bit of work as we’d want that feature to make recommendations in multiple parts of the App.

I don't believe I was dreaming and I've used PoolMath for about a year. Prior to this update, low pH recommendation was suggested to aerate when you went to the warning on the pH measurement card when it is lower than your target.

Perhaps I can find a device which doesn't have the update done and take a screenshot.

 

[tradewinds]

Ok, this perhaps is where that messaging came from that I always had assume was the method to increase pH, but it was rather to lower TA apparently. I may have made a mistake as usually I'm adding acid to keep pH down vs. now needing to get it up. My apologies.

Note: I've just added made up numbers below.