Hi all. This year we have set up a brand new 3800 above-ground vinyl pool for the kids. The previous year we had a 1000 gal and I didn't do too much maintenance other than throwing in a couple of Frog chlorine floating balls when the strips said low chlorine as well as cleaning the cartridge filter. The water went green, of course.
What's new this year besides the larger pool is an actual liquid testing kit from Taylor (how did I ever live without FAS-DPD?) that I use daily. We also have a hand-me-down sand filter instead of the cartridge one. Also liquid chlorine instead of mysterious floating balls.
Just this past week I started reading about the need for higher chlorine concentration, even above 5 ppm, for high CYA levels. My CYA is around 45 or 50 ppm. I do feel a bit odd adding more than 5 ppm chlorine, but if that's what's needed with CYA then that's what's needed.
I'm a bit concerned that I didn't get rid of all the wrinkles from the bottom before filling it up. Crossing my fingers on that.
Thanks for having me here!
What's new this year besides the larger pool is an actual liquid testing kit from Taylor (how did I ever live without FAS-DPD?) that I use daily. We also have a hand-me-down sand filter instead of the cartridge one. Also liquid chlorine instead of mysterious floating balls.
Just this past week I started reading about the need for higher chlorine concentration, even above 5 ppm, for high CYA levels. My CYA is around 45 or 50 ppm. I do feel a bit odd adding more than 5 ppm chlorine, but if that's what's needed with CYA then that's what's needed.
I'm a bit concerned that I didn't get rid of all the wrinkles from the bottom before filling it up. Crossing my fingers on that.
Thanks for having me here!
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