High alkalinity and calcium levels are much trickier to resolve than the pool books indicate
HOWTO: Step-by-Step Guide to lowering your alkalinity The HOW-TO has moved here: lowering-swimming-pool-alkalinity-step-by-step.html You should...
One I got my high alk in line, it was time to add more water due to evaporation losses. This shot my alk right back up of course, since my fill...
Ok, i'm a new pool owner (not a new pool). Bought a house with a 14x28 IG pool with vinyl liner, sand filter, heater, and auto-cover. Thpool...
I am a newbie also. I have an above ground 24' round. We filled it up using water that goes thru our water filtration system. After testing, I...
What would cause my CH to rise from 410 to 480 in 19 days? I have added nothing but bleach and muriatic acid in that time. Temp 41 PH 7.6 FC ...
I know that lowering the alk is a slow process. We uncovered the pool a little over a week ago 4/23. Was a little green so added bleach until I...
Is there a "grocery store" source for adding calcium?
My TA is currently 230. It was recommended on another forum that I lower it according to the "HOWTO: Step-by-Step Guide to lowering your alkalinity"...
To aerate when lowering alkalinity? My fill water is high alk. Tests at 320. 3 times this year I've added acid and tried to lower it. First two...
Hello, I have a 3 year old in ground plaster pool. It is 30000 gallons. I am running a Autopilot dig-220 SWG. My problem is a constantly rising...
Hi Ben, My name is Ross Moore and I happened upon your web site and decided to give your pool chemistry a go. I am a amateur with the pool so...
Calcium climbs from 250 to 500 over 3 months, making it difficult to maintain a safe SI. TA @ 75 to 80 adj. to 55 to 60 using wheel, w/ CYA at 65. PH...
I noticed a previous post about this, but it was an igp, mine is an agp. I have no idea how to deal with it. The pool store gave me some scale...
Hello all :) Great forum! New pool owner. I'll save my questions for after doing some reading first. Just wanna say thanks for having a great...
When using my Taylor test kit to test my CH the instructions say if CH is present the water will turn red. My water does not turn "red" it turns a...
I was speaking with someone at the local Ace Hardware pool department today who was very inpressed with my knowledge of pool chemsitry and...
Hi All. Great forum. I dismissed my pool service towards the end of April and made the move to bleach. Gotta say my water looks better than it has...
My ph was low (a constant problem), reading below the minimum 7.0 on my Taylor test kit, so I added a box of Borax. This created a little cloudiness...
Hi all, IG plaster 22.5k gallons FC 3.0 CC < 0.5 pH 7.2 TA 110 Cal 240 CYA 55
Recently, starting about 3 weeks ago, I started noticing white tiny flakes in my pool water. When I grab some with my net, they breakup with...
How does this sound for a DYI aerator. I took my air compressor with a 40 psi max nozzel. Then filled a bleach bottle with water. Then tied the the...
Just a quick question y'all. Just tested the water (per Ben's pool testing kit) and my Calcium Hardness is 60ppm, which is low... BUT, my...
My TA is persistant at 50 and ph 6.4-6.8. At first I tried just raising the ph with 2 boxes of borax over a 2 day period with no effect. I then tried...
Hello! I've been reading these forums for quite some time now and I'd like to say they have been extremely helpful! I am a new pool owner; my...
Ok, my PH has been creeping downward and is now low enough that I can try to lower the alk. Not sure why it's creeping downward. But, since it is...
Hi, I've been learning a lot here the last few weeks, particularly interested in the Calcium debate. Everytime I get a water test at a store,...
Is it truly possible that the copper piping inside a pool heater can corrode from the Alkalinity being too low? If so, how long would it have to be...
getting ready to fill the new pool. i thought i would check the fill water. now this is well water going thru a softener. it is our only choice. ...
Hey all, Can someone please! explain to me why one would still need calcium in a liner pool with either a heater or SWCG?:confused: As long as...
Hope I'm posting in right place. Chlorine-6 TA-80 CH-300 Ph-7.6 Those are my chemical readings and I use the taylor kit to test , but my...
First, I have to say I am so glad I found this site! :D I wish I would have found it sooner. I plan on ordering the test kit for next year. It is so...
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