Got My 234 Today!

[Watermom]

Your readings look very good! Enjoy your pool.

[GolfTop]

Got my kit today as well. One question, though. It asks for one scoop of powder for chlorine test, does that mean those small plastic pieces with the tiny scoops at the end?

My numbers were:

FC: 27 (have been shocking daily to kill white mold; it's dead, too. been gone for several days. Going to let it start to come down. Had no idea it was that high. Worked, though.)
CC: 0
TC: 27
Ph: 7.2
Alkalinity: 150
Cal: 390
CYA: 20

Using pucks to raise CYA. 30,000 inground vinyl pool. Any guestimates on how long it will take to reach 40-50?

[Watermom]

Yes - the little scoop is the thing you mentioned.

Chlorine of 27. Wow! How is your vinyl liner doing? That is really high - especially with cya of 20. It may have bleached your liner some. No way to tell how long it will take your cya to come up with the pucks. Just keep an eye on your cya level. Also, the trichlor pucks are very acidic. Your ph is already low. Keep an eye on that as well. Don't want it to drop any lower. By any chance do your trichlor pucks have copper in them? If they do, you might not want to use them. Copper isn't something I would want in my pool. It is actually what causes hair to turn green. You might want to check the ingredients of them.

Also, your calcium is high enough. Don't use any cal-hypo as it will cause it to go higher and you might have problems with cloudy water.