I am in panic mode, as I am apt to have happen to me about such things.
I did my monthly reading today, which was a couple weeks delayed because I was having work done at the house and really have been on a bad schedule the past 3 weeks, and when it came time for the CYA check I was flabbergasted. I filled up the tube and I could still see the black dot. At the start of July, during my previous test, it was at 60.
I checked it again, this time using the big refill botttle of R-13 from TFTestkits. Still could see the dot when it was all filled up.
Took the panic option and just went to the pool store to have them test it, they also use the Taylor kit. I never trust their numbers as they rush through all their tests but again it came up down below 30.
I took all my other readings today and they came up fine or close enough to fine for now:
pH: 7.6
TA: 80
CH: 250~260 (went from red to blue somewhere around 25 to 26 drops)
CL: I have been maintaining it at 10 under the assumption my CYA was high
Pool is crystal clear
I have been adding about a half a gallon of liquid CL every day to keep my levels up not knowing about this CYA issue.
It's the Florida rainy season and also has been 90+ every single day, but with all that I have only drained the pool once and it was just a couple of inches. Is this normal?
I am about to go fill up a sock and start getting things back to normal, but should this have happened?
I did my monthly reading today, which was a couple weeks delayed because I was having work done at the house and really have been on a bad schedule the past 3 weeks, and when it came time for the CYA check I was flabbergasted. I filled up the tube and I could still see the black dot. At the start of July, during my previous test, it was at 60.
I checked it again, this time using the big refill botttle of R-13 from TFTestkits. Still could see the dot when it was all filled up.
Took the panic option and just went to the pool store to have them test it, they also use the Taylor kit. I never trust their numbers as they rush through all their tests but again it came up down below 30.
I took all my other readings today and they came up fine or close enough to fine for now:
pH: 7.6
TA: 80
CH: 250~260 (went from red to blue somewhere around 25 to 26 drops)
CL: I have been maintaining it at 10 under the assumption my CYA was high
Pool is crystal clear
I have been adding about a half a gallon of liquid CL every day to keep my levels up not knowing about this CYA issue.
It's the Florida rainy season and also has been 90+ every single day, but with all that I have only drained the pool once and it was just a couple of inches. Is this normal?
I am about to go fill up a sock and start getting things back to normal, but should this have happened?