fill water TA 500!! Richard, Carl, Evan, Al help!!!

[waterbear]

I don't think the borates will do much good in terms of pH and acid use unless you can get the TA down into a more 'normal' range. It should give you the algaestatic benefits, however.

[aquarium]

I'd think that if the softener is sized for normal use based on the number of plumbing fixtures in the house, that it won't be able to keep up with a pool fill so you'll be back to mostly straight well water anyway.

[CanuckPool]

would a partial water dump and water refill from a trucked in source be a better option than going through the effort of bringing the alk down that far?

[induce]

i've looked everywhere for a water hauler. private, firehouses, even the local milk haulers. no luck except for my neighbor who has a construction company and hauls water 3000 gal at a time for construction projects. He said he would be glad to do it. "oh yeah, my truck's kinda old, does it matter if the water has a lot of rust in it"?

my pb is bringing a polaris plug in fountain. hello aeration!

[aquarium]

Yeah, the aeration method is not that difficult to do. Our fill water starts at about 300ppm TA. I built this screw-in jet to take it down:

[CanuckPool]

I was just about to mention that someone on this forum had made one of those!!

[CarlD]

I found a sprayer for $20 that screws into the return eye and has a whole fan it sprays. The few times I've needed to lower T/A it worked GREAT.