Pool is done, water chemistry is getting there too....

[duraleigh]

You have a nice grasp of your water chemistry. Doing your homework prior and having Ben's kit has gotten you off to a great start.

1. It's pretty normal to have to add that much acid....just stay with it.

2. Calcium Chloride is used to raise calcium. I'd trust Ben's kit and bring it up to about 250.

3. You'll probably get very little CYA from the pucks....maybe 5ppm or so. Assuming your SWG will ask for about 60-80ppm, I'd buy some CYA and start adding it in. Shoot for about 10-20 below your target and then bring it up to your goal with either more CYA or more pucks.

Very nice work on startup....enjoy your pool.

[GTakacs]

My TA is now down to 130 and I have my Polaris 380 in the pool crawling around. It's amazing how much loose pebble there was in the pool that this little critter has managed to pick up!

I guess a bit more muriatic acid and aeration and I should be good to go. I'm heading over to the pool store to buy some Calcium Chloride and some CYA. My TC as of this morning was around 3 but I don't know how much the pump was running yesterday. Today I'll run it for 6 hours and keep an eye on the Cl in the pool.