I need to add stabilizer and increase hardness, any reason I should not do both at same time? Also can you swim while adding these. Thx
Which one first
- Thread starter vbertone
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Mendy48
Bronze Supporter
I didn't swim while adding my stabilizer. How exactly are you going to add it? and when you say "any reason I should not do both at same time", what other chemical are you adding. What exactly are your numbers (FC, CC, CYA, TA, pH, CH). What kind of test kit do you have? Nevertheless, when I added my stabilizer to increase my CYA, I did not swim while doing so. I actually added the stabilizer to a sock (near the return jet), and massaged the sock until the stabilizer was completely dissolved. It took about 30min to 1hour for it to dissolve. Then I let the pump run for another 30 minutes before taking another reading. I got my CYA to 40 and then began to swim.
cfherrman
TFP Guide
Yeah their fine
I see a mineral cartridge, that stains your pool and your nails and hair, very bad for your pool!
ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
I see a mineral cartridge, that stains your pool and your nails and hair, very bad for your pool!
ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
I am using the sock method, and I no longer use the mineral kit. My numbers are pretty good but in the east we got tons of rain recently and I think that is what brought my hardness down so much.
Fc-3
Cc-0
Ca-150
Ph- 7.6
Cya-20
Ta-80
Thanks
- May 3, 2014
- 58,391
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Can you add what your pool surface is to your Signature?
It really helps us if you put more detail into your Signature. Read Pool School - Read This BEFORE You Post
If you have a plaster/gunite pool, then you need calcium.
It really helps us if you put more detail into your Signature. Read Pool School - Read This BEFORE You Post
If you have a plaster/gunite pool, then you need calcium.
Ok, guess I need to log in on the computer to do that. Tapatalk won’t let me update the signature page. It is a plaster pool.
Mendy48
Bronze Supporter
Looks good, with just a few changes.
With a CYA of 20, you may want to bring that up to a 30. Check out this link FC/CYA to see where you need to maintain your FC level at a CYA of 30. The range of CYA is 30-50. Please look at this link for more information Recommended Chemical Levels .
With a CYA of 20, you may want to bring that up to a 30. Check out this link FC/CYA to see where you need to maintain your FC level at a CYA of 30. The range of CYA is 30-50. Please look at this link for more information Recommended Chemical Levels .
- May 3, 2014
- 58,391
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Thanks. It would be really helpful if you would read what is in the link. Your signature is very limited in data. See mine ---
cfherrman
TFP Guide
You can use the triclor portion of the mineral system and/or puck floater to add FC and cya at the same time.
If you get enough rain like it sounds you can monitor your cya and use triclor and if/when you hit 50-60 cya you use bleach till it falls to 30 cya. Just remember that bleach does nothing to pH while triclor lowers pH and ta
If you get enough rain like it sounds you can monitor your cya and use triclor and if/when you hit 50-60 cya you use bleach till it falls to 30 cya. Just remember that bleach does nothing to pH while triclor lowers pH and ta
