Please Help with BBB (results posted)

[zebfam]

Thanks Carl

Ok just a couple more questions.

Do I put these in all at once? One at a time? Spaced out?

Is it best to run the filter before, after, during?

When should I retest after getting everything in there and then how often after then?

Sorry for all the questions, just want to get this stuff in there tomorrow and get it right. Any other advise that would help would be great

Thanks

[CarlD]

You only put in what you need, when you need it.

I add baking soda maybe once a season. I add borax 2 or three times--when my pH is low.

I add bleach all the time, every 2 or 3 days.

You add bleach when you need chlorine.

You add borax when your pH is too low.

You add baking soda when Total Alkalinity is too low.

How do you know? You test for it. We talk about the test kits all the time.

[zebfam]

Ok the bleach is in.

Now my TA is 210, that is too high correct? If I add the baking soda it will make it higher, I want it lower correct? If so what do I do to get it lower?

My PH is 7.2 which is fine for now, correct?

[JohnT]

Ok the bleach is in.

Now my TA is 210, that is too high correct? If I add the baking soda it will make it higher, I want it lower correct? If so what do I do to get it lower?

My PH is 7.2 which is fine for now, correct?

Lowering TA involves lowering the pH to about 7, then aerating the water with a fountain or by pointing the returns at the surface of the water to outgass the carbon as carbon dioxide. As you aerate, your pH will climb, so you'll have to add acid to keep it down. Check your alkalinity at the same pH everytime so you don't get mislead. Go to the alkalinity forum and read the sticky there for more info.

[Jeffski]

Or just read the link I posted right below your original post.