New member, pool owner for 10+ years

[Straightleg]

Did a couple of tests
ph 7.1
ta 140 - 150
fc 0
tc 0
cya almost .30 I would say .25


what now
Thanks

[Watermom]

What kit did you use?

Add a little Borax and bring your pH up some. Also, get some chlorine in there before an algae bloom starts! Your volume is around 26,000. In a pool this size, each 121 oz. jug of 8.25% bleach will add about 3ppm of chlorine. Since your CYA is so low, your chlorine isn't gonna stick around through a day. In addition, your chlorine dropped to zero. If it were my pool, I would probably add 3 of those jugs of bleach this evening. That will help you hold some chlorine through the day tomorrow, plus it should hopefully knock out any impending algae that may be trying to start as a result of no chlorine in the pool. Alternately, you could use some more dichlor to raise your chlorine level and also add a bit more CYA.

Regarding your CYA readings, you surely mean 25 or 30. It is not possible to get a reading of .25 or .30.

[Straightleg]

What kit did you use?

Add a little Borax and bring your pH up some. Also, get some chlorine in there before an algae bloom starts! Your volume is around 26,000. In a pool this size, each 121 oz. jug of 8.25% bleach will add about 3ppm of chlorine. Since your CYA is so low, your chlorine isn't gonna stick around through a day. In addition, your chlorine dropped to zero. If it were my pool, I would probably add 3 of those jugs of bleach this evening. That will help you hold some chlorine through the day tomorrow, plus it should hopefully knock out any impending algae that may be trying to start as a result of no chlorine in the pool. Alternately, you could use some more dichlor to raise your chlorine level and also add a bit more CYA.

Regarding your CYA readings, you surely mean 25 or 30. It is not possible to get a reading of .25 or .30.

Just learning, will get on that tonight....

[Straightleg]

I added 3 gallons of bleach....2lbs of stabilizer....1 box of borax....
Added 2 1 lb bags of dichlor
Will retest tommorow

Did I add the right things?


SL

[Watermom]

I assume that you meant 3 jugs (121 oz. each) rather than 3 gallons. That was fine to add. Also adding dichlor as well is probably going to make your chlorine pretty high. If you still haven't received your Taylor K2006 kit, your 6-way kit isn't going to be able to register that high. However, since the 6-Way kit has an OTO chlorine test in it, you can use this chart to kinda estimate what reading it is showing.

http://pool9.net/oto-chart/

Also, with chlorine above 5ppm, you won't get an accurate pH reading, so don't bother testing it right now. (When you are using the K2006 kit, the pH test is valid as long as the chlorine isn't above 10ppm.)

How did you add the stabilizer? Don't run the CYA test today. CYA takes awhile to fully dissolve and show up in a reading so you'll just be wasting your reagents if you test again too soon. The amount you added should have increased your CYA by about 10ppm. That, plus the dichlor you added, may put you at just about the right place for your CYA level. For now, don't add any more CYA or dichlor until we get a good reading on it in a few days.

You're on the right track!

[Straightleg]

I added stabilizer granular through the skimmer. Yes added 3.75 quarts of bleach to pool. Thats lame they just dont sell a gallon of it.
Just tested chlorine and it was 2ppm

In the past I believe ph was always low and the pucks would not keep the algae away when it gets into july

SL

[Watermom]

I'm surprised your chlorine is that low after adding 3 jugs of bleach and also some dichlor last night. It makes me wonder if you are fighting something in the water. Is your pool cloudy or clear?

Did you get your K2006 yet or are you testing with the 6-way drops-based kit?

[Straightleg]

Pool is really clear...I feel my chlorine levels and ph levels are always low. I know you dont like the test strips but they were always low on that for 10 years. I always had to add and bring things up, never down.
Any thoughts on were to go from here? I have my 2006 test kit. That is what numbers i posted in my other thread..I also bought the oto. 2 part tester.




Thanks
SL

[Watermom]

Your pool and water look nice!
I'm still a little concerned about the low chlorine level today after adding quite a bit last night. So, let's do one more thing to make sure there is nothing going on other than chlorine loss to the sun due to low CYA. (Which will soon be coming up with the addition of your dichlor.)

Go ahead and test this evening after the sun is off the pool. Add enough chlorine to take your chlorine level up to around 6 or 7ppm. An hour later, test your chlorine with your K2006. Then, in the morning, within an hour of sunrise, test again (FC and CC). If you lose no more than 1ppm of FC overnight from sundown to sunrise and have no higher than 0.5CC, then we'll know that you don't have a chlorine demand from something going on in your water.

Also, retest your pH in the morning and report that level also.

(How come nobody is swimming in that pretty pool! At least where I live, today is a great pool day! )

[Straightleg]

Will add 2.5-3 gallons of bleach and wait an hour then test.
One of my Daughters had my 2 labs in it an hour ago, I just got in and cleaned it...Pool is really clean. Sure would be nice to have it like this all summer.

Will test and report back.

Thanks