Happy Monday!!! Today is the first full day of our conversion since it took us a full day to vacuum the gunk off the bottom. I added 3gal 3% bleach (now I know to buy ultra) at 8 last night.
The testing kit I have doesn't break down Cl to FC and CC it just does TC. Do I need to buy the refill kit from Ben that will test for the FC and CC?
I checked at 10pm and my readings were: tc=2
pH=7.2
TA=300 (wow)
So at 10pm I added 2gal more. This morning at 7am readings were:
tc=6
pH=7.2
TA=280
I will explain that on the bleach cal I didn't look that pool size was in L as I put in gallons--so I corrected this and after the 7am readings I added 14L of bleach. I just tested again 9am and the tc=18 pH=7.3. Today looks like completely sunny in Kansas so do I continue to test today or assume Cl will burn off today so start over tonight? Our pool did turn a neon green last night after the first dose but now it is a hazy blue!! Are we on the right track? I have been taking pics which I will post when process is done--I hope so far so good!
I was concerned about TA though!! I do remember our values ALWAYS being high at the pool store when we used Baquagunk!!! So I did some research this am and our city water has alkalinity listed as 338.24ppm which was high on the standard range. Is TA something I'm going to have to fight since our fill (city) water is already on the high side?
Thanks for all your answers and help!!
Misti![]()
9100 gal above ground vinyl
3/4hp sand filter

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