New here. A bit overwhelmed.

[Watermom]

As I mentioned in my post above, since you are filling from a well, you don't want to shock until you make sure you don't have any metal in your water.

[Mwil3]

As I mentioned in my post above, since you are filling from a well, you don't want to shock until you make sure you don't have any metal in your water.

Ok. No chlorine until I check for metal.

[mbar]

You may want to add a sequestering agent before you shock. Anything that says metal out, or metal control. If you have metals in the water, and high ph and you shock you will cause the metals to fall out of solution and stain the pool (it can be cleared up, but to stop it before it happens is much easier!). Put as much as it says on the bottle in, and you will have to add it as you add water to your pool. The sequestering agent will keep any metals in the pool water in solution. High ph along with high chlorine levels is what makes metals fall out of solution. If you have any questions feel free to ask

[Mwil3]

Well....I went by the pool store to get some conditioner and the guy told me to put 4lbs in a 6500 gallon pool (don't worry...I didn't put near that much.) After reading a bit more of the SWG booklet, it said to add about 1/2 pound, so that what I put in (I figured it easier to add more than take some out.) I put in 2 quarts of plain bleach and ran the SWG for about 6 hours (per the directions in the booklet.) I can't get my hands on a Taylor test kit locally, so I'm going to have to order one. I used some test strips, and I got a liquid kit for pH and Chlorine, and from what I can tell, it looks like my chlorine is good. The kids splashed and I have the jet aggitating the water surface and my pH is TA seem to be pretty high (again, that's with the test strip.) I did add about 1 cup of acid last night. I'll take a sample to the pool store and see if they can give me some numbers. Thanks for the help and the warm welcome.

[Watermom]

You are right that it is best to go slow with adding cya and it is easier to put more in than take some out. The only way to remove it is to do a partial drain. How did you add it? In the skimmer? Hanging in a sock in front of a return jet?

[Mwil3]

You are right that it is best to go slow with adding cya and it is easier to put more in than take some out. The only way to remove it is to do a partial drain. How did you add it? In the skimmer? Hanging in a sock in front of a return jet?

Well, I put it in a nylon stocking, but as I was swimming around I noticed that I could rub it around in my hands and it seemed to disolve, so that's what I did. After about 10 minutes of that it had all disolved.

I've got a quick question about "metals"? The swg calls for some copper. Does that count as metal?

[Watermom]

I know next to nothing about SWC so I'm gonna let someone else talk to you about SWC issues. Yes, copper is metal but I have no idea how much is recommended, etc. If nobody pops onto this thread to addess that part, repost this issue in the SWC forum. Might be a good idea to go ahead and do that anyways.

[chasamp]

ok. so everything is great except the PH which is high. what can i use to lower it. i have intex pool, with the saltwater filter system.