Good that it was only a 1ppm drop in chlorine overnight. A CYA of 50 is good. It is not a precise test so hard to hit a target exactly. You are correct to wait until the chlorine drops some to test and adjust pH and alk.
Re: I have the "pinks" (instead of the blues!).
Good that it was only a 1ppm drop in chlorine overnight. A CYA of 50 is good. It is not a precise test so hard to hit a target exactly. You are correct to wait until the chlorine drops some to test and adjust pH and alk.
Re: I have the "pinks" (instead of the blues!).
Following up: Tested today and here are the results:
Chlorine: 7ppm
pH: 7.4
Alk: turned barely pink at 210, very pink at 220
CYA: barely above the 40 line, but I will retest in a couple of days - just added stabilzer on Sunday
Should I adjust pH up a bit? If so, how? I've never had to adjust it up before - I usually have the opposite problem. Is the Alk a little high? If so, when I add the muriatic acid, I guess that would mess with the pH too - pushing it down, right? Then I should bubble the pool?
Please advise. I'm on such a good track - I really want to get it right.
Thanks!
Jenn
Re: I have the "pinks" (instead of the blues!).
Add your acid til the pH is 7.0, and the alk will also drop. Then aerate the water, and the Ph will come back up without raising alk. That way you can ratchet the. TA downward. Otherwise, a pH of 7.4 is fine.
Janet
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