Hi,

Thanks so much for getting right back to me. You must have me mixed up with a different thread? Your instructions so far have been about lowering our pH and keeping it there until the alkalinity came down. (You guys are really busy right now and working so hard, so I understand.)

Quote Originally Posted by PoolDoc View Post
Hi JuJu; A few quick notes: ...
2. LOWER THAT PH LEVEL! Get at least 2 gallons (see below about borax), and lower your pH to below 7.6! ... Report complete results, once you have them.
4. Consider doing borates to 50 ppm (ie, BioGuard Optimizer). You'll need the test strips, about 15 boxes of 20 Mule Team borax, and about 5 gallons of muriatic acid. Borax makes a pool a bit more forgiving, and also, a bit more 'sparkly' ...
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Hi JuJu; ... Under the circumstances, I think this is what you should do:
1. Aerate to lower your TA ... The whole process is explained on the lowering alkalinity page. But, you don't have to understand it, to do it. If you aerate (add air) your pool as best you can, and keep your pH low, your TA will drop. If you can't aerate, but keep your pH low, it will STILL drop but it will be slowly ...
5. Be patient. Cleaning up a CYA => ammonia mess takes time.
You and Janet have helped lower my high pH and Alkalinity as well as discovered my ammonia mess. Everything you tell me to do is working. I was just waiting to hear back on when and how to start increasing my pH and if it's time to merge that into the borates step. (and how to know I'm "really" at shock levels with my chlorine additions and not making things take longer than it has to.)

How much borax do I add??