Start-up with Quartzscape

[zz28zz]

Checked FC and pH after work. FC=0 and pH is still offscale (<7)..
Added 1 more box of borax and 2 gallons of bleach into the skimmer. Swept pool. Filled a couple of old sport socks with 4 lbs (total) of dry CYA and hung in front of an outlet.
2 hrs later: FC=5 and pH almost on scale now. Added 1/2 box of borax and went inside. Still running pump 24 hrs.

High temps here are abt 102 degs and very sunny. Not expecting to see much FC by tomorrow evening.

I have a chlorine dispenser that holds ~7 pucks. Should I be using that? The installer said the pucks can be hard on new plaster but wasn't sure abt Quartzscape.

[zz28zz]

Finally got my pH up to 7.2, but keeping FC levels up has been tough. Dumped a gallon of bleach in this morn so we could go for a swim. By the afternoon, FC was back to zero. The solid CYA in the sock trick works well. It was dissolved in abt 48 hrs. Need to get more. I loaded up the chlorine dispenser with some pucks to try an keep some FC (and a little more CYA) in the pool during the week. Thx for all the help.

[Watermom]

Trichlor pucks are very acidic and will drive your pH down. Counter the effects with Borax.