Helping neighbor with pool

You've been using your K-2006? Did you do the base demand test? This seems like the kind of situation it might be usefull.

I used my K-2006 last Friday when we first started. I have been using a cheap OTO/Phenol Red test multiple times a day to monitor FC and pH.
I will run the full suite of tests with the K-2006 tomorrow. Last Friday I did not do a demand test after seeing an unreadable pH.
Current inventory is 3 more gallons of bleach and another box of borax.

-stephen

Put in the Borax

Just got home and tested.
FC still nice and yellow.
ph still below 7.

will run full taylor tests tomorrow

Add borax!

forgot to say yes i added the last box they are picking up more i told them to go ahead and add another this evening so that will be 2 full boxes this evening, plus one this morning.

Good! Borax, borax, borax. Dose with Borax, wait 2 or 3 hours, retest, redose. Repeat. That pH needs to be brought up above 7.0 ASAP!!! It is acidic if it is lower than 7.0 and can damage the pool! That is the most critical issue with this pool.

You are a good neighbor to help them with their pool!

Well you guys helped me start learning last year (thanks!) and mine was much easier to get balanced so I am doing this as a nice neighbor but also because I like learning new things and this one is more of a challenge than mine was.

-stephen

Good morning!

Is this possible? The water is still clear but is starting to have a slight green tint to it. FC is high, was slightly orange this morning so I added 2 more jugs of bleach. Tonight will mark a week since we started attacking the pool. I can't lose it now! :-)

After adding 3 boxes of Borax last night and testing this morning, I THINK it MAYBE just MAYBE is slightly starting to get closer to the 6.8 pH level (the lowest window on the test kit). Added 2 more boxes of Borax after testing this morning. I will go run the Taylor tests in a few hours.

Water is still trying to turn green! FAST!

Ran the Taylor tests

FC is 18 right now
CC is 0
ph is still low
base demand:
15 drops to get to ph of 7
20 drops to get to ph of 7.2
15 drops to get to ph of 7.6
ALK: ~40ppm, last week it was unreadable
CYA is VERY HIGH actually AYLAD you were RIGHT! I didn't run the CYA test last week I just went with what they said that they have never added any stabilizer product. And also because they had just "shocked" it the day before and they had 0 FC. (I guess I may have learned a little lesson here! people may unintentionally lie, tests don't lie)

Did I read correctly in another thread, if CYA is high then FC need to be extremely high?

I am assuming this is a big issue since there is no chemical to reduce CYA.

Thanks,
-stephen