CYA WAY over 100

[gitchesum]

Did a little reading today and bought a test kit on the way home tonight.

CYA was WAY over 100. I didn't even have an inch in the clear vial and I couldn't see the black dot.

So, I got 9000 gallons of water running down the street and plan on refilling tonight.


Hopefully that will bring them down to a reasonable level. Planning to go the bleach route when I get them to a normal level.

Any other suggestions besides quit using that $200 worth of useless tablets and shock I just bought?

[gitchesum]

BTW, thanks for all the info, like what CYA is.

[duraleigh]

Hi, gitchesum,

Well, you're off to a flying start!

Why don't you test your fill water before you start it in and post the results. That'll give us a chance to opine and keep your water sparkling all Summer.

We'll probably recommend some Clorox about 1/2 full and maybe then a couple of other things as you get filled up and get your water circulating.

Be sure to post your gallonage and the type of pool. You probably did the right thing and your work load will be pretty simple from here on.

Lot's of folks use the pucks SPARINGLY and I'll bet you can put together a plan to use some of them yourself....welcome!

[gitchesum]

Thanks Dave

Here's my before and fill water numbers

Before:

0 ppm ------Free Chlorine - shocked the night before with power powder
<.5 ppm ----Total Chlorine
<.5 ppm ----Combined Chlorine
7.2 ---------PH
100 ppm ----Total Alkalinity
460 ---------Hardness
>100 --------Cyanuric Acid

Fill water:
3 ppm ------Free Chlorine - shocked the night before with power powder
3 ppm ----Total Chlorine
0 ppm ----Combined Chlorine
7.5 ---------PH
260 ppm ----Total Alkalinity
80 ---------Hardness
<30--------Cyanuric Acid

[duraleigh]

Hi, Curtis,

Thanks for the numbers. You're lookin' pretty good. Can you circulate from a main drain and shut off the skimmers? That way you could circulate immediately and get some Cl in there.

If you can't, I'd still put a gallon or two of bleach in while you're filling...just stir it around and mix it well as it goes in.

As soon as you can circulate thru your skimmers, I would suggest you chlorinate with Cal Hypo. You will eventually want your CH level (hardness) up around maybe 250.....you'll kill two birds with one stone with the Cal hypo.....Don't be afraid to get 50 lbs at a good price...you'll use that much thru the Summer.

pH is fine. You'll need to get the alk down a little but there's no real hurry. You might read up on lowering alk over in that forum.

[gitchesum]

I've got a clorinator with tablets still in it. I can run the filter through the main drain only and through the clorinator so that might be a way to get the CL numbers up while it fills.

It sure fills a lot slower than it drained, that's for sure.

[duraleigh]

Yeah, that's a plan!

Curtis, you don't sound much like a newbie...you're not sandbaggin', are you?

[gitchesum]

Told ya I did a little reading.

[Phillbo]

Any other suggestions besides quit using that $200 worth of useless tablets and shock I just bought?

must be one heck of a good looking gal working at your local pool supply store. she got you , sucka'

[aquarium]

I'm looking at one of the official printouts from the pool store water test and the 'ideal' level for CYA is shown as 30-200ppm.

If I were a cynic, I'd question their definition of 'ideal' in a way that would be cynical.

TW