Hi,
I recently started maintaining a pool with an SWG. The plaster recently finished curing for the first 30 days so the pool builder added the salt so that the salt cell could be turned on. I've been using a test kit to manage the pool and knew based on the recommendations here that I would have to increase the CYA so yesterday I bought some solid stabilizer, introduced it by the sock method, then left the pump on overnight after leaving the sock in since the morning.
When I went to look at the panel today, I was surprised to find that the salt level had increased from 3.1 GPL to 3.7 GPL. I thought to myself, "Of course, the solid stabilizer must also contain salt to stabilize the acid."
I just tested the CYA again and I'm going to test it again tomorrow to ensure that the level is as expected. The value was 30 for CYA and it's now 50. My intention was to get it to 60 so I think that that's likely going to be the value I get when I test tomorrow. I was planning to add more to get to the recommended 70-80 range, but now my salt level is too high and the way to lower salt will also lower the CYA.
Did I do this in the wrong order when adding salt and CYA to the pool and how do I handle this situation? Do I need to replace the water to lower the salt and then replace the salt with more CYA since I will have lowered the CYA at the same time? If I have to do water replacement, how do I do that? I have an overflow drain but I don't have a pump to drain the water from the pool. If I were to run the hose to add water for 5-10 minutes once an hour, would this be enough to dilute the existing chemicals?
Thanks for any help.
I recently started maintaining a pool with an SWG. The plaster recently finished curing for the first 30 days so the pool builder added the salt so that the salt cell could be turned on. I've been using a test kit to manage the pool and knew based on the recommendations here that I would have to increase the CYA so yesterday I bought some solid stabilizer, introduced it by the sock method, then left the pump on overnight after leaving the sock in since the morning.
When I went to look at the panel today, I was surprised to find that the salt level had increased from 3.1 GPL to 3.7 GPL. I thought to myself, "Of course, the solid stabilizer must also contain salt to stabilize the acid."
I just tested the CYA again and I'm going to test it again tomorrow to ensure that the level is as expected. The value was 30 for CYA and it's now 50. My intention was to get it to 60 so I think that that's likely going to be the value I get when I test tomorrow. I was planning to add more to get to the recommended 70-80 range, but now my salt level is too high and the way to lower salt will also lower the CYA.
Did I do this in the wrong order when adding salt and CYA to the pool and how do I handle this situation? Do I need to replace the water to lower the salt and then replace the salt with more CYA since I will have lowered the CYA at the same time? If I have to do water replacement, how do I do that? I have an overflow drain but I don't have a pump to drain the water from the pool. If I were to run the hose to add water for 5-10 minutes once an hour, would this be enough to dilute the existing chemicals?
Thanks for any help.
