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 I Need a lot of help. My pool is fiberglass 10,000-11,000 gallons w/ spa jets. Location is in South Texas 50 Miles south of San Antonio rural location. Bought this place last year and just kind of winged it. This year I want to do it your way.

2 weeks ago i started using a HTH - 6 way test

Chlorine was 1.0
PH - Way off the scale High
Alkalinity- 480
Hardness- 440
CYA- 130

I started with your Alkaline theory - muriatic acid and jetting for the last two weeks - took 2 gallons of M/acid just to get the PH below 8.2 on my scale. Since then I keep seeing the Alkalinity & Hardness coming down but I keep adding 2-4 cups of MA a day to keep the PH down at around 7.2. It just keeps climbing and I'm up to 4 gallons of MA to date.


Current Test 4/4/11
CH - 3
PH-7.2-7.5
Hardness - 120
Alkalinity- 180

It's getting there but the amount of MA is scaring me!! Is this a normal amount to use for this application?

Fill water is AL-440 Hardness-420 PH- 8.2 or higher. Because of my High Alkalinity I'm shooting for 100, since during the summer its not unusual to add water 2-3 times a week.

Would also like to purchase one of your Testing Kits but a little leery being the last posted date on Poolsolutions was 2006.

No problem with paying $$ for your services.

P.S. The pool water looks 200 % better since I started; now it's bright sparkling and starting to getting a darker blue each day.


Ross Moore