Please help...adding CYA/chlorine question

[Henrys514]

Well, my husband decided to take matters into his own hands...he added 4lbs of stabilizer, 6 cups of acid, and one trichlor puck. I told him not to add the puck, and to not put the whole 4lbs of CYA in, but he didn't listen to me. I would have done it myself, but I wasn't home. So, I'll test the Chlorine/pH tomorrow and deal with whatever situation we have.

I hope we don't end up with a CYA of like 100 or something crazy. I think I'll just try to keep the chlorine at 5ppm, and maybe bring it up to 8-10 Saturday morning before we leave. I don't have enough experience with the pool to know about how much chlorine we'll lose in a day. I'll get there eventually.

Thanks for all your suggestions...I hope we didn't screw up too bad.

[duraleigh]

Your husband sounds like me....headstrong and impatient but frequently lucky!!

You'll get to about 40 for CYA, pH will be fine, and one puck will be irrelevant. Your pool will be fine.

He will need some remedial domestic training, however. My wife is quite accomplished at it if you need some tips

[ScottS]

He will need some remedial domestic training, however. My wife is quite accomplished at it if you need some tips

HAHA.

We need a new forum sectioned:
Domestic Training
wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, significant other overtaking your pool duties?

Henrys514 enjoy your weekend getaway... your pool will be fine

[Henrys514]

HAHA.

We need a new forum sectioned:
Domestic Training
wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, significant other overtaking your pool duties?

I love that idea!

[Henrys514]

Oh, duh. I tested my water this morning.

TC-3-5ppm (same)
pH-~7.6 (yay!)

I think my alk might be high. Pool store test said 120ppm, but my test said 230ppm??

My Calcium Hardness is also low. Pool store said 185ppm, my test said 0ppm(water didn't turn purple, so hardness "wasn't present" according to the instructions). I have the chemical to fix that, so I may do it today.

I'm also going to test TC this evening to see if I need to add to keep at 3-5ppm. Any advice about the weird TA numbers?? The alk and hardness reagents are older than the rest...could that be a problem?

[Henrys514]

Your husband sounds like me....headstrong and impatient but frequently lucky!!

You'll get to about 40 for CYA, pH will be fine, and one puck will be irrelevant. Your pool will be fine.

He will need some remedial domestic training, however. My wife is quite accomplished at it if you need some tips

Hehe...that made me laugh. We've only been married for 13months, so I'm still working on "put your dirty laundry IN the washbasket...not on the floor next to it". I'm trying to take over the pool duties...he's still in the "do what the pool store says, dump chlorine in once a week, use trichlor pucks all the time, why test our own water" mode.