maureenc26
05-27-2010, 08:54 PM
Hello, Been following forum and BBB for past few years and have used Taylor and hth test kits before so I have seen the cya test water get cloudy after ading .7 ml of CYA reagent to the .7 ml of pool water to be tested.
This year, when I added the reagent, the water did not get cloudy. At all. So I thought maybe the reagent was expired (it was from last year, maybe even the year before -- I bought a biggish bottle, so I've had it for a while.) Using the new CYA reagent, the water still didn't get cloudy.
Does this mean that I have zero cya in the pool water? (seems too simple to me). Or am I doing something wrong?
Just finished opening/vacuuming a few days ago and here are the latest test results:
Alkalinity 220 ppm
Hardness 300 ppm
ph 8.2 (or higher, since that's the highest label on my testing kit)
Chlorine has been zero each time we've tested, so we first added about 3 big jugs of bleach to shock, and have since added 1/2 to 1 bottle of bleach a few times. (ok, so I'm not big on measuring or details...just now, the FC level looks like .25, according to my Taylor DPD test) The water is sparkling clear, but I want to be sure it is getting sanitized and that we don't run through major amounts of bleach because we have no cya, or add cya because I am doing the test wrong and then wind up having to drain.
I have a vinyl liner AG oval 32x16 pool that I have calculated approx 15,000 gallons with a sand filter, heater, and automatic cover.
thanks for your replies!
Maureen
This year, when I added the reagent, the water did not get cloudy. At all. So I thought maybe the reagent was expired (it was from last year, maybe even the year before -- I bought a biggish bottle, so I've had it for a while.) Using the new CYA reagent, the water still didn't get cloudy.
Does this mean that I have zero cya in the pool water? (seems too simple to me). Or am I doing something wrong?
Just finished opening/vacuuming a few days ago and here are the latest test results:
Alkalinity 220 ppm
Hardness 300 ppm
ph 8.2 (or higher, since that's the highest label on my testing kit)
Chlorine has been zero each time we've tested, so we first added about 3 big jugs of bleach to shock, and have since added 1/2 to 1 bottle of bleach a few times. (ok, so I'm not big on measuring or details...just now, the FC level looks like .25, according to my Taylor DPD test) The water is sparkling clear, but I want to be sure it is getting sanitized and that we don't run through major amounts of bleach because we have no cya, or add cya because I am doing the test wrong and then wind up having to drain.
I have a vinyl liner AG oval 32x16 pool that I have calculated approx 15,000 gallons with a sand filter, heater, and automatic cover.
thanks for your replies!
Maureen