Please review test results and advise

[aylad]

If your fill water is high in TA, then you need to wait until after you're finished lowering your CYA before you adjust it--otherwise you're lowering TA by aeration and then raising it right back up again by refilling--a waste of time and money. If the fill water is low in TA, then the draining/refilling should help lower the TA.

My bigger concern in looking at your numbers is that Cl of 3 with a CYA of 100 is nowhere near enough chlorine--you should keep your Cl no lower than 8 ppm if you don't want to chance an algae bloom.

Janet

[reneep]

Thanks,

I am going to commit to lowering the CYA as the whole point in converting to BBB is to lower chemical use and cost. Taking off work Thursday and Friday to drain and refill then start lowering the TA. Tested the tap water and the TA is 200 so that will be an issue.

I will jsut keep working at it and posting numbers for guidance and reassurance as I learn.