I'll try and keep this as short as I can.
july 3rd my 15k above ground started getting cloudy on me, my liquid test kit was telling me my FC was "decent" at or about 4ppm- I only have a inexpesive pool master brand 5 way test kit, so I was only monitoring FC and Ph. somehow I've skated by for 10 years only really every measuring these 2 factors...... i know much better now!
so, the water turned cloudy but never got green.. my test report at leslies came back that my FC and TC were VERY far apart. my FC was only 1.91 and TC was 10.98 !
ph was 7.1
TA 139
calcium hardness 121
CYA 79
iron 0
copper .4
phosphates 635
TDS 600
so leslies told me to add 14lbs of granulated shock to the pool......... which absolutely skyrocketed my FC through the roof. after i added all that shock, leslies test result was showing 15ppm on FC and TC after I did that. but then we came to find out that their system maxes out at 15 and my water was actually MUCH higher than 15 because I did a 50% water drain and refilled and AFTER a 50% refill my water is JUST now testing 12.97 on FC and TC according to their test this morning. this is about 12 hours after the water refilled yesterday early afternooon, so the pumps been circulating the new water for less than 24hours with this most recent test
(they never explained to me that by adding so much shock, how high this was going to skyrocket my FC, and how long this was going to take for it to come down on its own)
and the rest of todays test results are as follows: (picture I attached is also the same test from today)
ph is 7.9
TA 140
Calcium hardness 155 ( i do have a heater)
CYA 41
iron 0
copper .3
phosphates 542
TDS 600
so heres my main questions right now:
1. I'm assuming my FC can realistically afford to come down by approx 50%, correct? based on my CYA of 41 . and if so, I was thinking about picking up some sodium thiosulfate to expedite this process- unless of course there's any potential for causing any ILL wanted effects to the rest of my readings by adding the Sodium thio?
2. my TA needs to come down and my ph is on the higher end already, so adding muriatic acid is probably prudent at this point? leslies tells me to add 2 quarts of liquid muriatic for this.
july 3rd my 15k above ground started getting cloudy on me, my liquid test kit was telling me my FC was "decent" at or about 4ppm- I only have a inexpesive pool master brand 5 way test kit, so I was only monitoring FC and Ph. somehow I've skated by for 10 years only really every measuring these 2 factors...... i know much better now!
so, the water turned cloudy but never got green.. my test report at leslies came back that my FC and TC were VERY far apart. my FC was only 1.91 and TC was 10.98 !
ph was 7.1
TA 139
calcium hardness 121
CYA 79
iron 0
copper .4
phosphates 635
TDS 600
so leslies told me to add 14lbs of granulated shock to the pool......... which absolutely skyrocketed my FC through the roof. after i added all that shock, leslies test result was showing 15ppm on FC and TC after I did that. but then we came to find out that their system maxes out at 15 and my water was actually MUCH higher than 15 because I did a 50% water drain and refilled and AFTER a 50% refill my water is JUST now testing 12.97 on FC and TC according to their test this morning. this is about 12 hours after the water refilled yesterday early afternooon, so the pumps been circulating the new water for less than 24hours with this most recent test
(they never explained to me that by adding so much shock, how high this was going to skyrocket my FC, and how long this was going to take for it to come down on its own)
and the rest of todays test results are as follows: (picture I attached is also the same test from today)
ph is 7.9
TA 140
Calcium hardness 155 ( i do have a heater)
CYA 41
iron 0
copper .3
phosphates 542
TDS 600
so heres my main questions right now:
1. I'm assuming my FC can realistically afford to come down by approx 50%, correct? based on my CYA of 41 . and if so, I was thinking about picking up some sodium thiosulfate to expedite this process- unless of course there's any potential for causing any ILL wanted effects to the rest of my readings by adding the Sodium thio?
2. my TA needs to come down and my ph is on the higher end already, so adding muriatic acid is probably prudent at this point? leslies tells me to add 2 quarts of liquid muriatic for this.
