Newbie to Forum...Looking for help

[fairfieldmania]

yes, I had read that the first time, but I had posted some follow-up questions to that post that I was looking for some guidance....please see below...

just to be clear...are you saying to add MA first or add alk first??? I believe you are saying to add alk first and then add MA, correct? I have both on hand....in terms of the calcium...how long should I wait after I add the alk and MA?? Better question...if I add the alk now (7 PM EST), when should I add the MA??? and then how long to add the calcium???

that direction back on Jul 2nd actually had me adjust the ALK first and then the pH and a couple of days ago, I was advised to get the pH down and then worry about the ALK....I was looking for some specific guidance...I lowered the pH to 7.8...and now the suggestion is to use baking soda? How much? in skimmer?? again, just looking for some direction on this forum....thanks ahead of time...

[PoolDoc]

This is the order of priority:

1. Maintain an adequate chlorine level
2. Maintain a pH level of 7.8 or below, but not much below.
3. Establish an adequate stabilizer level.
4. THEN look at your calcium and alkalinity levels and see if adjustments are necessary.

Attention mods and support team members: there is a LSI calculator, here:
http://www.lenntech.com/calculators/.../langelier.htm
If you run her numbers (TA:100; CH:200 with a TDS of 2000 and a water temp of 85F (note the F/C selector!) you'll see that she's LDI neutral at 7.4 and slightly OVERsaturated at 7.8. So currently there is ZERO need to add calcium OR alkalinity. In general, a high TA is NOT a benefit, and with her pH, any corrosion that occurred, even with much lower TA and CH would be VERY slow.

[fairfieldmania]

ok, readings this morning...didn't add any shock last night as I thought the 8.8 from Thursday morning would last another day...I was sort of right...there is a little chlorine in the pool but not much....

FC 1.2
CC 0.0
pH 7.6
ALK 110
CH 210
CYA N/A
SI 0.05
TEMP 80

at this point, I think I am ok with parameters other than FC and CC...just keep up with the chlorine? is that the suggestion?? I do need some CYA so I will add another pound tonight...the test still didn't register...