New pool owner - are these products useable?

[elenae]

Hi again,

Thank you the useful info! I waited to get the test kit and it finally arrived. Here's our numbers:
Alkalinity 180-190ppm (I think we need 80-100ppm, so we need to drop it)
Ph titration test: 5 drops to get to 7.4
Chlorine: FC 34ppm, CC 0.2ppm
Ca hardness 325ppm (does this seem off? I thought it correlates with Alkalinity somewhat, I probably misread it though)
Cyanuric acid: 70ppm

One of these tests (Ph?) requires me to correlate with size of pool, I'll try to measure that this afternoon and add the pump/filter info too.
Will respond with those numbers later today.

[CarlD]

Hi again,

Thank you the useful info! I waited to get the test kit and it finally arrived. Here's our numbers:
Alkalinity 180-190ppm (I think we need 80-100ppm, so we need to drop it)
Ph titration test: 5 drops to get to 7.4
Chlorine: FC 34ppm, CC 0.2ppm
Ca hardness 325ppm (does this seem off? I thought it correlates with Alkalinity somewhat, I probably misread it though)
Cyanuric acid: 70ppm

One of these tests (Ph?) requires me to correlate with size of pool, I'll try to measure that this afternoon and add the pump/filter info too.
Will respond with those numbers later today.

The numbers aren't bad. TA is a bit high, so read up on how to lower it as you have a concrete pool.

Your FC is VERY. high and you need to let it come down but it will kill and metabolize all the bad stuff on the way so that is ok.

Save your FC chems and only do the 10ml version of the test, not the 25ml version. Being within .5 is close enough.

[BigDave]

Two things:

We just moved in a new house with a pool and had a baby 4 months ago,

One) I'm sure this doesn't have to be said but when I read your post my heart skipped. Never, ever allow a small child anywhere near the pool without your eyes watching 100% of the time (try not to blink). In terms of fatalities worldwide, water is the most dangerous pool chemical there is.

Ph titration test: 5 drops to get to 7.4 ... One of these tests (Ph?) requires me to correlate with size of pool,...

Two) I'm unclear about how you performed the pH test. Did you get 7.4 after five drops of the red stuff?
Did you get 7.4 after five drops of the red stuff and five drops of the Acid or Base Demand test reagent? If you did use the A/B Demand test, which one?

[PoolDoc]

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