Open Green and Cloudy & No CYA

[Winicott]

Harumph. I think since it is holding some FC overnight I will just keep dumping in chemicals.

[Winicott]

So...
Based on what I added in Dichlor I am at 28 cya.

I have readings this morning of FC=10 ppm. Hooray.

Cloudy blue, but I just figure that I need to brush and filter to fix that.

What concerns me is my Ph is now less than what the scale reads on my test. I added 2 cups of Borax to bring it up, but I wanted some guidance before I did much else. The test read a yellow color.

Hardness 290 I filled with well water and the well has very hard water.
Alk 120

Thanks for any assistance.

[Watermom]

Get the pH up ASAP. Readings below 7.0 are acidic and can damage your pool. Add a half a box of Borax, wait a couple of hours, retest and keep re-dosing until your pH is above 7.

[Winicott]

I started at PH 7.2 then I added chlorine bleach, then I added Dichlor to bring up CYA. Which of these lowers Ph?

So Far I added 2 box of Borax. Test at 1130 pm indicates I am still at 6.8~7ish.

[Watermom]

Dichlor is acidic and lowers pH. Continue adding Borax to get pH up over 7.0.

[PoolDoc]

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[Winicott]

Thanks Watermom, that explains it! I added 8 lbs over 24 hours just to get some CYA in there due to the rapid decreases in FC. Didn't event think about checking the Ph. I thought Ph increases when chlorinating. Whoops. That is what I get for not keeping an eye on Ph.

I plan on adding more Borax today 1/2 a box at a time and see if I can get the PH up to something like 7.5. I worry about getting it too high. Since I am chlorinating with bleach I thought that increased the Ph.

I entered my data in the form. I will try to keep it up to date as I move forward.