fill water test results

[Watermom]

What is your volume?

[Wayne]

my volume is 13,700 gallons

[Watermom]

You are on the right track. I'm just going to tweak some of the amounts that I would add if it were my pool.

Adding that much bleach is only going to increase your chlorine reading by about 2.2ppm. The problem with that is since this is a new fill with no cya in the pool yet. your chlorine level is going to disappear fast, especially on a hot, sunny day and leave you vulnerable to an algae bloom. I'd suggest taking your chlorine up to 5 or 6 since it isn't going to stick around long. For the first few days, you may need to add chlorine 2 or 3 times per day. After about a week when your cya has had a chance to dissolve totally, you'll be able to test and dose it with bleach in the evenings only.

Your alk is OK at 90, but if you want to take it up just a little higher, then the amount you listed is fine.

I always like to aim a little low on cya. Easier to add more in a week if you aren't where you want to be than to overshoot your target. Maybe a little less than 76 oz. Then, retest in about a week and go from there.

Since your pH is so low, I'd add one full box of Borax slowly to the skimmer breaking up any clumps. After 3 or 4 hours of letting it circulate, retest pH and add more as needed. Anywhere between 7.2-7.8 is ok. I like between 7.4-7.6 for my pool. I wouldn't add 2 boxes all at once, though. It is usually better to go with smaller doses rather than one big one.

Hope this helps!

[Wayne]

Thanks for the help,
after adding 4 bottles of clorox and 1 box of borax and letting it circulate for a couple hours here are my results

FC: 15.4
Ph : looks to be slightly less than 7.0
TA: 100
CC: 0
calcium hardness: 60

I have 30 oz. of stabilizer hanging in a sock by the return line.
I don't think I should be worried about the FC being high as I'm sure it will be coming down fast with no stabilizer. Correct?
Thanks again,
Wayne

[Watermom]

I'd probably go with about 3.5 lbs. of stabilizer for starters. See how high that takes it in about a week. (Don't test sooner than that or else you're just wasting your reagent.)

I wouldn't take the FC so high. You are right that with no stabilizer it will come down fast, but I wouldn't take it that high. Don't want to risk bleaching the liner.

[CarlD]

Watermom's absolutely correct. FC's high if the pool is clear because your CC is 0. pH is low. T/A should be ideal. Calcium is irrelevant, unless it's too high--and that doesn't happen till it hits 400.
Figure your pool at 13,700 gallons if your water depth is 4'. For quick calculations you can use 13,500 or even 14,000 and there will be no significant difference.
If your pool is clear, I'd let FC come down to 5, but no lower than 3 (I just am paranoid about levels under 3ppm).

Carl

[Wayne]

My numbers this evening,
FC-10.5
CC 0.5
PH 7.0
TA 100
water is starting to look a little cloudy. I can't seem to get the PH up. I added another 50 oz. of borax today, and also aerated for a couple hours today and didn't help.

Wayne