Hi Carl,

Please help me understand why we wouldn't want to address the TA just yet.

The addition of 1.5 pounds of CYA made the water in this pool into an acidic solution. We can raise the pH with borax but it won't stay up because it has no buffer to keep it up (TA=0). If we can raise the alkalinity of the water some then the pH change would be more lasting, wouldn't it?