Forum: Testing and Adjusting Pool Water Chemistry

Ouch, we have an in-ground 39' 26000 USG pool with salt system. Have to add acid once per week to keep pH in range, presumably as salt generator...

my TA was 220, so i added muriatic acid and brought it down to 120 which also brought down the pH to a little less than the 6.8 shown on my test...

I forgot to ask this question in a previous post of mine in this same section - still waiting on answers to that one :) What are the different...

I needed something fast so I picked up a test kit at WalMart. I closed the pool last year with a winterizing kit from our pool store. I opened the...

Should I be worried/testing for these in my home pool, or do these issues only really apply to public pools? If I need to test, what's best way? ...

My pool is vinyl, so I hardly ever check Ca+. I did check it today and noticed it is 60. It was well over 200 last August. I'm curious as to how...

I was curious as to what is considered perfect pool numbers, i am going to conduct a thorough test on my water than bring in some water to a couple...

Pool Facts: New pool 20x40 Vinyl IG Automatic Cholorinator is a Rainbow 320 Pool was installed in November, filled and covered almost...

I really hope you gyes can help but I use well water to fill up my pool but unfortunately it is quite hard at about 950ppm. Inorder to prevent scale...

Here are my numbers from the pool store: CYA: 25 Free Cl: 2.5 Tot Cl: 2.5 pH: 8.4 Alkalinity: 151 Hardness: 246 I have a 23,300...

I just got back from having my water tested at the local pool store and here are the numbers: Total Alkalinity - 160 PH - 7.2 Cyanuric Acid -...

I went to the pool store for a test since I don't have a salt test at home and it rained A LOT this year. Here are the results followed by results...

I'm a newbiew, with a 96,000 IG pool last year put in last year. So I'm just about to go through my first start-up. My first problem is getting...

I am fixing to replace me liner. my pool holds 22,000 gal of water. my question is when i fill my pool back up with water do i need to add hardness,...

I went to Leslies to pick up some CYA for my Salt Water pool... and they were trying to sell me the new liquid CYA... and while it's tempting... I...

DON'T GET SUCKED INTO USING IT! You will waste a lot of money. Have them balance and staiblize your water and just use plain solar or pool salt at...

Ben, I see that the PS234 kit is scheduled to start shipping on April 25. I am expecting to get my pool filled at the end of this week. Do you...

This is my first year to maintain the pool all by myself! My hubby left for Iraq this month and Im already having problems. Just tested and here are...

Here are my initial test results a few weeks ago after start up with my old test kit given to me by the builder. I dont know the company name of the...

Anyone know of a good way to dispense muriatic acid? I was thinking about adapting one of those pesticide/weed killer type pump sprayers, with the...

For me, anyway. Opened pool today, here are my numbers: Ph 7.7 Alkalinity 120 Cl 2.5 CYA 40 (this is guess; don't have Ben's test kit yet;...

I've been having a "discussion" with a co-worker who is joined at the wallet to a pool store and buys their line about chemistry. Showed him much...

Went to the local pool store: TDS 4500 CYA 20 Total CL 3.4 Free CL 3.1 PH 8.2 TA 111 Adjusted TA (?) 105 Minerals 2900

I've had the 233 kit for a couple of years and just noticed something about the CYA test. The instructions on the box say to first fill the...

Hello!! We just refilled our 16' x 24' x 48" AGP after draining, releveling, installing a new liner and building a deck. Now, I did pretty good...

I ran out of Ben's cya reagent and I've preordered a new kit. Last week, I tested my cya, but didn't have enough of Ben's reagent to fill up my...

Hi, My water calcium Hardness tested at 150. I believe it's supposed to be around 220. What do I add (obviosly calcium, but how) to raise it. ...