Need Help Please - just got my taylor 2006 testing kit...

[waterbear]

So, wondering where I go from here? Not knowing my exact cya makes it hard to know how much stabilizer to put in. Any and all responses appreciated!!

2 oz BY WEIGHT, NOT VOLUME of stabilizer will raise the CYA by 15 ppm in 1000 gallons so multiply 2 oz by the number of 1000 gallons that are in your pool to get a 15 ppm rise in CYA. Even if you start at 30 ppm then you will only go to 45 ppm and that is still well withing range (and probably better than keeping it at 30 ppm for technical reasons). Wait a week, retest and if too low add the same amount again. I would shoot for between 40-50 ppm for starters. In your roughtly 17000 gallon pool you would add 2 lbs for just under a 15 ppm rise in CYA. Not exact but close enough for government work!

(I know your pool is 27'x52 inches which works out to 18.5K gallons BUT your pool is not filled with water to the very top so I am only calculating the water height at 48" or 4 feet which comes to just a bit over 17000 gallons and is going to be much closer to the actual amount of water in the pool so you should find that every 2 lbs of CYA will raise you pool by 15 ppm or pretty close to it!)