darenjones
03-18-2007, 12:12 AM
Hi all, and to Ben, good luck and wish you well. I pass this site onto a lot of people, who to my knowledge feel so relieved when they see the vast quantity of information, and such generosity of all of those who contribute on here!... hope it stays !
My questions regarding spring startup, I am here in NE Florida, and I am looking to start year 2 with my "soft wall" pool (my wally world 18' metal frame intex)
I am hoping that my hard plumbing, and eventual filter upgrade will be useful when I upgrade to a more permanent pool.
This winter I did have the cover on, until some pretty wild weather, which took it off. Despite my best efforts, it came off again, with some wild weather, completely covered the pool in maple, raintree, oak, and a messpot of pollen. I attempted to scoop most of it out, but with water temps down in the upper 40s to 50s, it was just too cold to tolerate. So, I did what any respectable pool owner would do... I let it go till spring!!!
I just got into it this past week, started on Monday by skimming all the junk I could get from the surface, then dumped 2 gal of bleach into the circulating water. (greened over pretty bad, had "things" wiggling in the water)
Water is progressively getting better, my FC is holding about 75% over night, doing another heavy shock tonight to see if I can get it to hold more.
My numbers before I forget.
FC (before the added 2 gal tonight) 6.5
CC .5
TC 7
PH 7.2
TA 80
CH <1
CYA 55-60
temp 75
SALT, 1000ppm *assume this is a result of the bleach*
My questions, I am looking at the ph, because I have never added borax to the pool, and was wondering what the total benefits are to having the borate in the pool. I just added 2.5lb of CYA to get my levels up, so I assume that is why my PH is low, so I am hesitant to raise it via borax without knowing what I am doing!
I read in a few other posts, I think Carl had one, about adding borax BEFORE shocking the pool..., um, wish I had read that one first!
anyway, just want to get this year off to a good start, pool after 6 days, 8 gal of bleach, my water is just lightly milky, I started to see bottom on Friday.
I know I need a real filter, just saving the money waiting for the right deal, is there anything else I should be doing ? or am I on the right path ?
Thanks in advance...
early openers in FL...
DJ
My questions regarding spring startup, I am here in NE Florida, and I am looking to start year 2 with my "soft wall" pool (my wally world 18' metal frame intex)
I am hoping that my hard plumbing, and eventual filter upgrade will be useful when I upgrade to a more permanent pool.
This winter I did have the cover on, until some pretty wild weather, which took it off. Despite my best efforts, it came off again, with some wild weather, completely covered the pool in maple, raintree, oak, and a messpot of pollen. I attempted to scoop most of it out, but with water temps down in the upper 40s to 50s, it was just too cold to tolerate. So, I did what any respectable pool owner would do... I let it go till spring!!!
I just got into it this past week, started on Monday by skimming all the junk I could get from the surface, then dumped 2 gal of bleach into the circulating water. (greened over pretty bad, had "things" wiggling in the water)
Water is progressively getting better, my FC is holding about 75% over night, doing another heavy shock tonight to see if I can get it to hold more.
My numbers before I forget.
FC (before the added 2 gal tonight) 6.5
CC .5
TC 7
PH 7.2
TA 80
CH <1
CYA 55-60
temp 75
SALT, 1000ppm *assume this is a result of the bleach*
My questions, I am looking at the ph, because I have never added borax to the pool, and was wondering what the total benefits are to having the borate in the pool. I just added 2.5lb of CYA to get my levels up, so I assume that is why my PH is low, so I am hesitant to raise it via borax without knowing what I am doing!
I read in a few other posts, I think Carl had one, about adding borax BEFORE shocking the pool..., um, wish I had read that one first!
anyway, just want to get this year off to a good start, pool after 6 days, 8 gal of bleach, my water is just lightly milky, I started to see bottom on Friday.
I know I need a real filter, just saving the money waiting for the right deal, is there anything else I should be doing ? or am I on the right path ?
Thanks in advance...
early openers in FL...
DJ