Yay!!!New pool!!!

[jo3ponies]

Thank you both so much. Ready to jump in! It is crystal clear and the temp is 101 so I'm in there!

[PoolDoc]

Enjoy!

[jo3ponies]

Got my k-2006 today. Wow! This is what I've got:

TA-200 ppm
FC- .2
CC- no CC
ph- 7.8
Calcium Hardness- 600ppm
CYA- 30ppm ( or below, full vial never got cloudy)

Water still looks clear though I haven't added anything in 2 days (waiting on k-2006 to arrive)
How do I correct some of those awful test results and maintain?

[PoolDoc]

1. Add a dose of bleach ASAP to avoid problems.

2. You have low chlorine and no CYA; use dichlor to chlorinate.

3. You can use the SSR => http://pool9.net/ssr/

4. But your water is at risk for scale or sudden formation of a milky calcium precipate, so . . .

5. Read the muriatic acid page => http://pool9.net/ma/, get some acid, and lower your pH to near 7.0 . . . and then KEEP it there.

[jo3ponies]

A dose as in 1 1/2 cups? Doesn't seem like enough but okay. And I'm off to Sam's to get the Poolbrand Shock with stabilizer (which I thought I was getting when I bought the chlorine tabs but not the same thing) I've got Muriatic acid and have read the instructions so will give it a dose of that in the morning, too. Thanks, I'll get on it.

[PoolDoc]

The SSR doses are sized based on your pool volume. If your pool is the 20' x 4' round you mentioned above, you have about 8,000 gallons
( 10^2 x 3.14 x 3.4' (water depth) x 7.46 gal/cft = 7,964 gal)

When I used "dose" above, I was being careless, and not referring to the SSR directly. Under your current circumstances, an appropriate "dose" is 4 SSR dosesfor your pool, or 6 cups of bleach.

[jo3ponies]

No problem. Still doesn't seem enough for 8,000 gallons but you're the Doc. I have those 99.9% chlorine 3" tablets that I put in a week ago and they are not dissolving very fast at all, possibly because of the high calcium content of the water. I will dose and retest in the AM. Thank you so much.