next steps for well water pool?

[33feet]

thank you for the guidance.
July 8 evening added 2 gal bleach ad one gallon muriatic acid
July 9 7am
ph 7.5
total chlorine 8-10+

Have a cartridge ordered; will take off Nature2.
Will continue to run pump 24/7 on low.
will add more muriatic acid

water is clear and sparkly. No metal deposits! Been rinsing the filter about every 2 days.

Thanks again!

[33feet]

Step from above:
"2. Go to Lowes (HomeDepot, possibly a big AG supply) and get 4 gallons of PLAIN (not safe, not diluted, not non-fuming) 31.45% muriatic acid. Get some nitrile rubber gloves and safety glasses, if you don't already have some. READ the muriatic acid page in my signature, and then begin adding acid, 1/2 gallon at a time, till your pH is near 7.0. Keep it there till your alkalinity is below 100 ppm."

question: I need to to have ph near 7.0 and alkalinity below 100ppm before doing anything else (except adding bleach daily and removing Nature2)? I think that may take awhile!

[33feet]

I found some values on our well water:

Calcium 66
Magnesium 33
Alkalinity 380.
Iron 1.78

This evening:
ph 7.0
alkalinity 210
FC 0.6
CC 0.2

I will keep working to get alkalinity down. Then what?

[aylad]

Just keep chlorine in the pool so it doesn't go green on you. What is your current CYA level?

Janet

[33feet]

Forgot to post that.
Cya. 0. (Or at least less than 30 there was no cloudiness at all with the test)

[PoolDoc]

Were you able to get the dichlor?

You need to add chlorine; you need to add stabilizer, AND you need to keep your pH down. And, dichlor will do all three things!

Note, that this doesn't mean dichlor will ALWAYS be the best chemical for you: when your alkalinity is low enough, and your stabilizer is high enough, using dichlor would NOT be a good idea. But, for now, it's a GREAT idea!

[33feet]

Oh yes. Have the dichlor from Sams. Am ready. I think
This am:
Ph. 7.0
FC. 5
CC. 0
Alk. 250

Calcium hardness (curiosity) 425

Thanks for all the help