Quote Originally Posted by BromineUser View Post
After adding 6C dichlor and waiting an hour:

AM: (I did not get up at dawn but the auto-cover was closed)
FC 5.0
CC: 0.8
pH: 7.4 (but if I let it sit for a while it rises to 8.0 so maybe that was issue last night?)
TA: 200
CH: 90
CYA: 0 (but the mixture looked cloudier than last night)
Leave the cover off, if you can. And add some muriatic acid, to lower the pH.

Read these pages:
http://pool9.net/ma/ (Using muriatic acid safely)
http://pool9.net/alk-step/ (Step by step guide to lowering alkalinity)