So, I'm REALLY new at this (as if it didn't show), here are some stats on my pool. (Up until this year I just went to the pool store and went by what they said to add...)
We have a 18 x 38 above ground doughboy with a six foot deep in, so vinyl liner.
At the first of the year I tried doing the BBB, and my numbers were always ok, but the adding of bleach was time consuming as I'm apt to work alot and not test everyday. I then decided to use pucks in the basket (Trichlor) and HTH shock (Calcium Hypo). This is when my ph dropped and the alkalinity rose a little. (I read somewhere on this site, that would happen with the pucks). I run the filter 5 hours in early am and 5 hours in the late evening, or if we are swimming.
The numbers from this morning are:
CL - over 5
PH - between 7.2 and 7.5 (my guess would be 7.3)
ALK - 120
I realize they're different from yesterday and this could be the Wal-Mart kit (bought last year) or operator error .
I'm inclined to leave it alone, what do ya'll think?
Kerrie