Start up chemistry for first time pool owner

[eblade21]

Watermom

Wasn't sure if they could before i start my SWCG, and not finish the Dichlor treatment.

[Watermom]

Absolutely they can swim! As long as your pH is between 7-8 and you have some chlorine in the pool, let them in! It's torture having a pool that you can only look at but can't get in!

[eblade21]

Hi

So now that I got my pool up and running, I'm still adding dichlor and borax for the next 7 days as per the SSR.

1. I test my water every morning
2. I run the pump for 4 hours at 2pm or the hottest part of the day
3. At night I add my dichlor and borax
4. I run my pump on recirculation mode for about an 1 hour

After I'm complete with the SSR and when my SWCG starts, I will only run the pump 4 hours at the hottest part of the day.

And continue testing my water every morning

Please excuse for all the questions, I just want to be as close to perfect as everyone here

Thank you so so much

[Watermom]

Best to test in the evening rather than the morning. You continue to use Dichlor until your CYA is where you want it. (SWCG units have specific CYA requirements. Check your manual.) It may not be 7 days of dichlor. Just depends on how high you want the CYA.

[eblade21]

Hi all

I just finished my 3lb of dichlor and borax, the water is crystal clear.

Here are my reading a bit scared to add the salt please advise

Using taylor k-2006c
FC - 27 ppm (54 drops x 0.5)
CC - 0 ppm
CYA - 60
TA - 100
PH - 7.5

Please understand it rained a lot this morning and there was no sun.

Please advise what I should do with my FC

[Watermom]

How does your water look?

[eblade21]

Watermom thank you for asking

Unbelievable beautiful crystal clear

I also used a HTH 6 way test kit to double check the chlorine level and was way above the scale.