Hello everybody,
I registered for the site last summer but wish I had done it sooner and actually done my testing before.
I purchased my house in October of 2015. At the time of purchase the flippers were using a pool guy and I was so busy that I just kept paying the guy for a few months after I settled in. I finally decided in January 2016 that I would do it myself so I ordered two big old 50 pound 3 inch chlorine pucks and a bunch of shock...
You know where this is going...
I have been having some green algae on the walls at times but just threw more and more shock to go with my two floating tablet dispensers.... I was at a party last weekend and a guy said that I should use pooled so I started reading and realized that I was doing this all wrong...
I finally ordered a tfp-50 to find out what my problem was...
FC - 7.5
CC - 0.0
pH - 7.5
TA - 80
CH - 500
CYA - 100
So things are not great. Obviously I need to get rid of the Trichlor tabs and stop using shock but at least it is not a swamp at this point. Would I need to drain the entire pool to get the cya bad to a reasonable level? We do have insanely hard water out here in San Diego so I am not sure what to do about that, maybe just see how things look after doing a drain and refill? if I drain about 40% of the pool the cya should go down to 60, correct? Or should I shoot for 50 cya? Water is expensive but I figure I can save time and energy if I do this right from now on.
The other question I have is how to control the chlorine level after getting the cya under control. Is it just a process of adding bleach or liquid chlorine on a regular basis? I just get concerned that I will be adding all the time if I do that. I think swg is out of the question as I have a de filter that is in good shape.
I registered for the site last summer but wish I had done it sooner and actually done my testing before.
I purchased my house in October of 2015. At the time of purchase the flippers were using a pool guy and I was so busy that I just kept paying the guy for a few months after I settled in. I finally decided in January 2016 that I would do it myself so I ordered two big old 50 pound 3 inch chlorine pucks and a bunch of shock...
You know where this is going...
I have been having some green algae on the walls at times but just threw more and more shock to go with my two floating tablet dispensers.... I was at a party last weekend and a guy said that I should use pooled so I started reading and realized that I was doing this all wrong...
I finally ordered a tfp-50 to find out what my problem was...
FC - 7.5
CC - 0.0
pH - 7.5
TA - 80
CH - 500
CYA - 100
So things are not great. Obviously I need to get rid of the Trichlor tabs and stop using shock but at least it is not a swamp at this point. Would I need to drain the entire pool to get the cya bad to a reasonable level? We do have insanely hard water out here in San Diego so I am not sure what to do about that, maybe just see how things look after doing a drain and refill? if I drain about 40% of the pool the cya should go down to 60, correct? Or should I shoot for 50 cya? Water is expensive but I figure I can save time and energy if I do this right from now on.
The other question I have is how to control the chlorine level after getting the cya under control. Is it just a process of adding bleach or liquid chlorine on a regular basis? I just get concerned that I will be adding all the time if I do that. I think swg is out of the question as I have a de filter that is in good shape.