I think my PH is below 7 by a good amount. I may of put too much Muratic acid in and no stores are open this time. If I dont raise the ph until 10 am EST tomorrow will this be really bad for my new plaster? Should I look into getting some Borax tonight somehow?
Really low PH new plaster
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PoolNewb2020
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Do you have any water features that would aerate water? Can you turn the returns upwards so that the break the water surface? Aeration will raise the PH slowly.
At 80 TA, you should be fine.
How much acid did you add?
What were the pH and TA before you added the acid?
You could add some baking soda if you think that the pH is really low, but I suspect that it's probably ok.
How much acid did you add?
What were the pH and TA before you added the acid?
You could add some baking soda if you think that the pH is really low, but I suspect that it's probably ok.
1 1/2 gallons in a 25k gallon pool. It was red on my test kit so that means over 8, but now when i do my ph test its under 7, dont know how much under 7 but i know its the yellow shade lighter than them all.
I would estimate that the pH went to about 6.7.
That's not super low. It should be back to 7.2 by morning.
If the TA is 80 now, it would have been about 110 before you added the acid.
If you want, you can add about 6 lbs baking soda and brush well to be extra safe.
I wouldn't worry too much about it.
That's not super low. It should be back to 7.2 by morning.
If the TA is 80 now, it would have been about 110 before you added the acid.
If you want, you can add about 6 lbs baking soda and brush well to be extra safe.
I wouldn't worry too much about it.
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Sotex
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Please start a new thread so that this one doesn't get hijacked. Thanks.