New water and off to a good start, BUT

[scootchu]

Nevermind I am a dope and made a mistake adding Baking Soda to a pool filled with water with a high TA to begin with. I bow my head in shame. If my TA is sky high , but my pH is 7.2 should I worry much and try to bring the TA down or just wait and keep and eye on the pH? 17,000 gallon AG 27' pool.

[Simmons99]

Add some acid to lower your PH to about 7.0 - this will also lower your TA. Aerate the pool by turning the returns so that they ripple the water, turn on a fountain, or have a bunch of kids play. This will raise the PH while maintaining the same TA level. You may have to do this a couple of times.

[duraleigh]

How high is "sky high"?

[scootchu]

How high is "sky high"?

Ummmmmmmm either my ALK 2 reagent is bad or it is off the charts because I cannot get the green to turn red. I have a fountain and a slide that are running. pH is at 7.4 now.

[aylad]

use a little more acid and get the pH back down to 7.0, keep aerating. It'll get there!

Janet