Brand new and overwhelmed above ground pool owner...

[Watermom]

Did the sun really burn all my Chlorine up in 8 hours?

Yep! In a pool with no CYA, chlorine doesn't stick around long. That's why you need the Dichlor. It adds CYA as well as chlorine. After using it for a bit, your CYA will be built up enough that you can keep some chlorine in there.

I'm confused about your reported readings.
What does "ALK: 100PPM Total Alk as CC" mean? And, how about Calcium Hardness as CC?

[JoeJet]

That's what the YouTube video told me to record it as:

"Parts Per Million Total Akalinity as Calcium Carbonate"

"Parts Per Million Calcium Hardness as Calcium Carbonate"

Joe

[Watermom]

Ok. Gotcha. On the forum, CC typically refers to combined chloromine.

How do you like your new kit?

[JoeJet]

It's amazing.

Speaking of which:

Is my Alkalinity and Hardness fine?

Thanks,

Joe

[Watermom]

Yes, both are fine. And, by the way, don't let any pool store tell you that your pool needs calcium. We hear of that all the time but the fact is that vinyl pools do NOT need added calcium.

[JoeJet]

Hi again everyone!

So I've been keeping up with the pool and have maintained the following for a few days now.

Free Chlorine 1
Total Chlorine 6

PH 7.5

Alkalinity 100

CYA 30

My salt generator has been installed but I didn't want to start it until I had your blessing.

Where do I go from here?

Thanks as always,

Joe

[PoolDoc]

You probably need to raise your CYA level further, before you start the SWCG. Check your manual, but most units recommend (or 'require') levels above 60 ppm.

[Watermom]

Free Chlorine 1
Total Chlorine 6

I certainly hope this is testing error. It would NOT be good if you really did have a CC reading of 5ppm!

FC+CC=TC.