raising a stubbornly low pH

[duraleigh]

You're getting very accurate advice from some sharp cookies.

You might consider shocking your pool. I notice some CC in your results and it might be a good idea to clear it up.

I LOVE Cal Hypo....only drawback is it will slowly increase your CH, which looks high enough already.

Your CYA level will have the same affect on bleach as it does Cal Hypo....you'll lose some of it. I lose about 2-3ppm per day running CYA of 35 or so. I'm upping mine to 50 to try and retain a little more chlorine during the day.

I'll bet Janet's right on the money. If you don't use trichlor, your pH issue will soon be obsolete.

[wilcfr]

Thanks for all the advice. We were not able to find any 10 y/o boys, but were able to play with the direction of the inlet discharge to get a nice little aeration going. Over the course of the last 24 hours our TA has dropped to 102 and our pH is up to 7.38. I added 2 lbs of Cal-hypo this moring because our FC to TC was still a little off. I will probably continue to use the Trichlor in the auto chlorinator on a low setting to help stabilize the granular and liquid Cl and augment with the CH granules or SH liquid to keep the chlorine level where it should be.

I have to say that the internet is a wonderful thing. I am a member of probably 15 forums some as an "expert", a few as a "little knowledge is a dangerous thing member" and a few more as a "newbie", but it is a wonderful vehicle for sharing info and experiences. Thanks again for the advice.