i did a thorough scrubbing of my faux rocks yesterday afternoon, followed by dumping an old gallon of chlorinating liquid into the pool because i needed to just get rid of it (and by old, i mean several years (don't ask, lol)...so not anywhere near full strength). this morning, my pH had jumped from 7.5 yesterday to 7.9 today (free CL is stable at around 7.0, which gives an idea of how little strength the gallon of chlorine still had).
when i saw the large jump in pH, i figured okay...time for acid. i added way too much acid and way overshot the pH, it's down to 7.0. this leaves me with two questions...
1) am i ok to just let the pH come back up normally like it always does, or do i need to raise it immediately? my pool has a spillover spa that is active any time the pump is running, so it tends to drift up pretty quickly until it gets to 7.5 or so, then it's pretty stable and takes a few days to get from there to 7.8-8.0. i'm adding acid about once a week and had been doing a pretty good job at getting the amount right (to get to 7.5), but today i just somehow went bonkers.
2) are there any other numbers i need to worry about watching, either from the sudden spike in pH or the drastic overshoot on the acid add? i know TA will have dropped, but i also had to add water this morning so i'm hoping it wouldn't be too dramatic a change.
here is my last full set of numbers, from saturday afternoon:
FC: 7.0
CC: 0
PH: 7.5
TA: 70
CH: 925
CYA: 70
Temp: 84.1
Salt: 3600
CSI: 0.05
am i ok to just keep an eye on pH and FC (although with the basic kit i can only see up to 5.0 for FC, the waterguru sense i have in the skimmer gives me a decent idea where i'm at if over 5.0) for the rest of the week like i usually do until my normal full test on saturday, or should i do another full test today to make sure everything else is ok?
when i saw the large jump in pH, i figured okay...time for acid. i added way too much acid and way overshot the pH, it's down to 7.0. this leaves me with two questions...
1) am i ok to just let the pH come back up normally like it always does, or do i need to raise it immediately? my pool has a spillover spa that is active any time the pump is running, so it tends to drift up pretty quickly until it gets to 7.5 or so, then it's pretty stable and takes a few days to get from there to 7.8-8.0. i'm adding acid about once a week and had been doing a pretty good job at getting the amount right (to get to 7.5), but today i just somehow went bonkers.
2) are there any other numbers i need to worry about watching, either from the sudden spike in pH or the drastic overshoot on the acid add? i know TA will have dropped, but i also had to add water this morning so i'm hoping it wouldn't be too dramatic a change.
here is my last full set of numbers, from saturday afternoon:
FC: 7.0
CC: 0
PH: 7.5
TA: 70
CH: 925
CYA: 70
Temp: 84.1
Salt: 3600
CSI: 0.05
am i ok to just keep an eye on pH and FC (although with the basic kit i can only see up to 5.0 for FC, the waterguru sense i have in the skimmer gives me a decent idea where i'm at if over 5.0) for the rest of the week like i usually do until my normal full test on saturday, or should i do another full test today to make sure everything else is ok?
