First time test results...

[Watermom]

Everything looks fine. How does the water look?

[freddyttt]

Everything looks fine. How does the water look?

crystal clear

[CarlD]

"By George he's got it! I think he's got it!"

Congratulations!

[freddyttt]

FC - 11.5---------------------6
CC - 0------------------------0
pH - 7.0----------------------7.2
CYA - 90---------------------100
TA - 50-----------------------100
Calcium - 90------------------100


new numbers-

my FC fell to 6 i guess because i ran out of Puck(tabs)3 days ago....

my TA also went from 50 to 100.

should i hit it with some bleach then add my chlorine pucks?

also how to lower my TA?

thoughts.

[aylad]

I really think you should hit it with some bleach and forget the pucks. Your CYA is already almost uncontrollably high, and will only get higher with each puck you use. Your pH is also very low...in fact it's too low for you to drop your alk. The good news, though, is that your alk is fine--I'd leave it alone.

If you insist on using the pucks, you're going to have to drain/refill about 1/2 your water, otherwise by late july you're going to have algae problems that won't clear up because of your CYA levels.

Janet

[freddyttt]

If I stop using the Pucks, how many gallons a week do i dump in...

im confused on that!

[aylad]

In an 11K gallon pool, 3 cups of ultra bleach will raise your Cl by 1 ppm. With a CYA that high, you need to maintain no less than 8 ppm, with a max of around 15 ppm. That means that you need to add enough each night so that by the end of the day the next day, you still have greater than 8 ppm. The good news is that with stabilizer that high, the sun won't eat the chlorine up as fast as it does at lower levels, so if you get it high enough, you probably won't have to add it every day. It will take daily testing for awhile to figure out how much and how often you'll need to add the chlorine, but you'll eventually get a feel for it and won't have to test quite as often. The higher chlorine levels are why we advised you earlier to drain about 1/2 your water-- but if you're diligent about it, you can compensate with the higher chlorine levels.

Janet

[freddyttt]

added 1/2 box Borax mule and about 1/2 gallon clorox bleach 6%...


raised my PH to 7.6 and my FC is now 10..



wife also picked up 3, 1.42 Gallons of clorox 6% for about 8.00....

im now officially done with Pucks

[aylad]

im now officially done with Pucks

NOW......he's got it!!!

Janet

[freddyttt]

*****UPDATE******

all numbers are the same except my FC...

its dropped below ..03

iv just backwashed and added 2 gallons of Bleach.

pool size 11,000.... ill run the filter and re-test.

anything else i should do?

(pool still clear although maybe not as it was when FC was above .11