My PH level is 6.8 and my alkalinity level is 160. To raise just my PH what should I use?
What should i do?
- Thread starter crampone
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,476
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
- May 3, 2014
- 58,476
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Great! Very unusual to naturally have high TA and a lower pH. The pH will rise rapidly with some aeration.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,476
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Not sure what a floating aeration is?
Aeration occurs when the water is disturbed. There are easily made devices you can attach to your pool return or use a submersible pump.
See Aeration - Further Reading
Aeration occurs when the water is disturbed. There are easily made devices you can attach to your pool return or use a submersible pump.
See Aeration - Further Reading
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,714
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Do you have any water features, bubblers, kids to splash around in the pool, etc? It will not take much with that TA, and I would assume your pH would naturally be in the 7's before anything from Amazon could arrive.
I just googled it and saw a floating aeration on Amazon. But thanks for all the help.
I only have kids. So no need to worry? I just got my TF-Pro kit yesterday and used it for the 1st time. So I will test again today.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,476
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I suspect your TA reading is higher than reality.
From our Extended Test Directions page:
Sometimes a static electric charge can build up on the R-0009 dropper bottle tip, causing the drops to be smaller than usual and making the test read higher than actual. You can prevent this by wiping the tip of the dropper bottle with a damp cloth or tissue before you start and after each drop.
Re did test...TA is 110 and PH is 6.8-7.0.
My CYA is 20-30. Which is why I have next to know chlorine. I am using bleach. What can I do to raise my CYA?
- May 3, 2014
- 58,476
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You use stabilizer/conditioner. You might find some at your Walmart or Canadian Tire store. Pool stores will carry it also.
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No issue on your pH and TA. The pH will come up once the kids get in the pool and splash around.
CYA - Further Reading
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No issue on your pH and TA. The pH will come up once the kids get in the pool and splash around.
Thank you. Have had my pool for a couple years. Finally taking the time to learn and not rely on the pool store.You use stabilizer/conditioner. You might find some at your Walmart or Canadian Tire store. Pool stores will carry it also.
CYA - Further Reading
No issue on your pH and TA. The pH will come up once the kids get in the pool and splash around.
When using the TF-Pro and using the CYA test. Is the black dot supposed pretty much disappear or just not as clear? I added stabilizer a couple hours ago and my CYA seemed to be at 30-40 ppm when I did the test.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,476
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Here is what I do.
Once you have your solution ready, back to the sun, etc. Fill the vial to a line, say 80, lower the vial to your waist level and glance for the dot, you see it, add solution to the 70 line, glance, see it, repeat until you no longer see it with a glance. Then use the CYA value one step above the line you read. So if you stopped at 50, use 60 ppm CYA.
The vial is in logarithmic scale. So it is not viable to interpolate between the lines. Just use the whole numbers, such as 50, 40, 30, ....
Sorry to be a pain...when I got to the 40 line the black dot wasn't as visible but I could still see somewhat. Is that when I stop?
- May 3, 2014
- 58,476
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Like I said, glance. To me that means when I glance, there is no dot. It might be a shaded area, but no dot. Glance is used so you do not focus on a dot. You will see a dot a lot longer if you focus on it. But if you glance, once the dot is gone, the test is over.
Pic is a good example of ingenuity to aerate ...
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Hello everyone. New to the site. Just purchased a pool that came with a home. ha I've spent a full work week cleaning and trying to understand the pool mechanicals and chemistry. I dropped CYA from 115 to 50 with a partial drains. Water is clear but the Polaris is not doing a good job so I...
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