My test results

[sun and water]

FC 3
CC .1
TA 180
pH 7.8
CYA 32

I know the TA is high and pH is elevated. What adjustments do I need? Thanks!

[aylad]

How does your water look? Any evidence of algae or other problems?If this is a clean, clear pool without any evidence of problems, then the numbers look pretty good. If there's anything wrong with the water, though, they may need to be tweaked.

If those test results are accurate (how were they obtained? I don't know of ANY CYA test that can accurately distinguish between a CYA of 30 and a CYA of 32, or how you got a CC of .1) then the numbers look okay. If you have high calcium hardness levels, the TA and pH could come down some, but if you have a vinyl pool and lower CH levels, then they're ok where they are. With a CYA of 30-ish, your chlorine needs to be between 3-6 ppm at all times, so you don't have much wiggle-room there--I would raise the chlorine just a bit to make sure.

[sun and water]

The results came from a pool store. The person said everything looked fine except the TA and pH. She didn't even try to sell me anything. I ran out of stuff to test my pool (waiting to get in the mail) My pool looks ok but doesn't have that "sparkle".