Water Test Input Please

[KBoy420]

Hi all. So I got my algae bloom under control and the water looks great - nice and clear. I shocked the Crud out of it for about 2 weeks and due to some local supply chain issues, have been forced to let the chlorine fall back to nothing. So I decided to do a full water test and get your opinions in any balancing to do before resuming chlorine.

As I said, no free chlorine for this test.
pH - 7.6/7.8
TA - 80 PM
CH - 70
CYA - 30

I figured I should bump the CYA slightly, try to get closer to 40 or 45. Also my pH was higher (around 8) when I stl had 3-5 ppm of F-Cl in the water, so wasnt sure if I should lower just a bit so when there is consistently around 5 ppm free chlorine it's still around 7.6.

Thanks all - any other suggestions welcomed.

 

[Texas Splash]

First order of business - increase the FC right away or you'll be back in SLAM mode. I'd increase the FC to about 5-7 immediately. Everything else is fine for now. Keep that FC in the 5-7 range and monitor. If you suspect excessive FC loss, do an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test before increasing the CYA to make sure algae didn't try to get back in there.

 

[KBoy420]

First order of business - increase the FC right away or you'll be back in SLAM mode. I'd increase the FC to about 5-7 immediately. Everything else is fine for now. Keep that FC in the 5-7 range and monitor. If you suspect excessive FC loss, do an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test before increasing the CYA to make sure algae didn't try to get back in there.

I just dumped my last 2 gallons in. If anyone in eastern PA has any leads for liquid chlorine, send em my way. My local lowes ran out, and only 1 local pool place has it, 2.5 gallons for $18.99. May have no other choice.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

If you want a swimmable pool, yeah, you may have to go that route.
Look around for Pool Essentials 10% chlorine at Walmart, or plain, unscented, non-Clorox, non-thickened bleach in the laundry aisle. The plain stuff may be a tad weaker but its perfect to use. Dollar General type places often sell the plain stuff.

Don't let all you efforts to go from green to clear go to waste.

Maddie

 

[KBoy420]

Well, found some grass growing thru the bottom if the liner. Guess that was what was eating all my chlorine? Guess I'm going on 58 degree water...this pool revival was cursed from the beginning!