Newbie to Forum...Looking for help

[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...

[PoolDoc]

Add chlorine!!

+ If you need stabilizer, and have access to a Sams Club, buy their 24 pack of 1# bags of dichlor shock. Each bag will add about 7 ppm of chlorine, and about 6 ppm of stabilizer, per 10K gallons of water. Otherwise, order dichlor from Amazon:

Kem-Tek Dichlor 22 lbs

We do NOT recommend buying dichlor locally, otherwise, at least until you are an EXPERT reader of chemical labels. The chlorinating pool chemicals sold at Walmart, Kmart, Costco, and most other local stores are diluted blends, sometimes with copper and other products with bad side-effects.