HELP - Saltwater System Inital Setup - Intex 54601EG

[Watermom]

CYA is very slow dissolving. It can take days. I hope the granules sitting on the bottom of the pool don't hurt the vinyl.

The reason for adding Borax is because Dichlor is very acidic and will drive the pH down. If you are just going to use bleach, you may or may not need the Borax. Just test and determine based on the readings.

Good luck.

[BigDave]

I can't think of much to add; Watermom's covered it all.

In the 5 gallon bucket, I'm guessing that the CYA made more of a white slurry than a clear solution. It's really slow to dissolve. I'd wait a few days to a week before testing for CYA, as you point out there's only a couple tests in the kit.

I suggest that you spend the first couple weeks chlorinating with bleach to learn what your pool needs then start the SWCG. Please consider defeating / removing the copper ionizer unit. Copper stains the pool and sometimes swimmers.

Do you have a K-2006 or is it on the way?

@Watermom: Perhaps you remember that I kept about 3000 ppm salt in my Intex donut just for the feel.

[QiingGuy]

@BigDave - Yes, it was a white slurry solution. I let it sit in the bucket for a couple of hours and gave it a stir about ever 15 minutes. By the time I threw it in the pool the majority had dissolved. Just went out and checked on it and I'd say there's maybe 1/4 cup left sitting on the bottom so I got it to dissolve pretty quickly.

Just checked pH and Cl and I'm sitting at Cl 5 and pH 7.5. Yesterday I probably but in about 2.5 quarts of bleach.

I found the copper ionizer and I'm trying to figure out how to disconnect. I'll stick with bleach for a couple of weeks, we bought plenty. Yes, ordered the K-2006. Thanks for your input!

[QiingGuy]

CYA is very slow dissolving. It can take days. I hope the granules sitting on the bottom of the pool don't hurt the vinyl.

The reason for adding Borax is because Dichlor is very acidic and will drive the pH down. If you are just going to use bleach, you may or may not need the Borax. Just test and determine based on the readings.

Got it! I'll sit on the Borax for now. My pH is sitting at 7.5 right now so I think that's about right where I want to be, correct?