Salt cell having to be cleaned bi-weekly....

[rdemorest]

ok, It hasn't been a good weekend. added 6 lbs of dry acid, dropped and broke vacuum, circulated a day, then pump went down.... salt cell was out for cleaning for a day by then. so replaced pump, installed cleaned cell, and tested water:

FC 0
PH 7.4
Alkilinity 110
CYA 0
CH 150
salt 2600
phosphates 100

pool clear but smells of pond water. cleared surface of pool (lots of little flowers from wife's rain forest of a yard.
added 6 lbs CYA, 2 lbs dichlor,

running pump overnight, can't vacuum until part for vac comes in Thursday or Friday.
will add another pound of dichlor at 0630 before work.

expect to see the follwing when I retest tomorrow eve:

FC 6+ ????
PH 7.2
TA 100-110
CYA 50-60
CH 150
Salt 2600 (may add 40lbs tomorrow afternoon, not getting low salt warning so debating)
Phosphates 100

Sound like i'm missing anything? or on the right track? Also what are borates?

[Watermom]

Since CYA dissolves so slowly, it will be a few days until yours is able to be read. Because of that, you may not have any chlorine when you next test. Chlorine in unstabilized water disappears fast. Post your new results when you test again. Dichlor is acidic and may drop your pH. Keep an eye on that. I also wouldn't use any more dichlor for about a week or so until you give the CYA time to totally dissolve and see where your CYA level is at that point. Just use bleach.

Keep the pump running 24/7 while the CYA is dissolving --- at least 4 or 5 days.