Trichlor to add CYA the hard way 🤦‍♀️

[2M&Ms]

Question-
10x30 1000g seasonal pool. Drain, clean & refill 8 days ago. All is well. Crystal clear.
Did not add stabilizer BECAUSE before finding TFP I bought bleach, chorinated shock, floater, pucks & pretended to know what I was doing. Now I have $30 in 1" pucks just hanging out. If I understand correctly my problem arose last fill from shocking and using Trichlor and created myself a high CYA dilemma and essentially couldn't get my chlorine high enough & then algae set in. I've read through the temp & seasonal pools guide now as well. So, question is, if a 1" trichlor pucks weighs .5oz & I have used 7 so far, would I be correct in assuming that would result in 14ppm CYA? Because these test strips are junk (surprise ) and I only have the 3way cheap test kit for Cl and PH.

EDIT: I am currently testing morning and night and adding 10% liquid chlorine per pool math calculator. It is working fine but I'm concerned this heat and lack of stabilizer is going to result in algae. Most times testing I still have 1-2ppm for chlorine before adding more. So I have used 7 pucks so far and I see my chlorine is holding better.

 

[ajw22]

if a 1" trichlor pucks weighs .5oz & I have used 7 so far, would I be correct in assuming that would result in 14ppm CYA?

 

[2M&Ms]

Thanks! Just wanted to confirm I was on the right track

 

[Donldson]

Best place for those test strips is the bottom of the garbage. You can already see they're giving you impossible results, and I'm betting this is a new bottle? Junk right off the assembly line.

Most big box stores carry some sort of 6-way kit that includes a TA and CYA test. That might be something worth looking for if you'd like to manage your pool at a higher level than "toss the water every couple of weeks" but don't want to go all out with the k-2006/TF-100 kits.

 

[2M&Ms]

Thanks! I think people think I'm crazy trying to over manage my 1000gal pool, but I'm determined to do it. So far, on the refill I'm still doing good. Strips ARE junk and I'm amazed at how many people use them and have zero problems. Anyways, glad I learned with a small pool as starting over isn't a huge issue. I have been checking out kits tutorials and pretty sure that is my next step.