Need Help!

[aylad]

I thought of something over night. When I first started shocking the pool I added the shock to skimmer forgetting that I needed to add it to water first to let it dissolve. Could that have something to do with it?

If you have backwashed the filter since you added the "shock", then it has been washed away and won't be available for your pool. If you have not backwashed the filter, then it will dissolve and eventually make it into your pool--after it finishes sanitizing anything that may be in your filter, if there's any left. If you use granular chlorine in the future, you might want to pre-dissolve it in a bucket of water and pour it in , very slowly, in front of a return so that you get the full benefit of it in the pool instead of in the filter.

Janet

[wxwmn02]

The kit has shipped so hopefully I'll get it in the next couple of days. I have kept the chlorine level high as you suggested, but still no change. I am beyond curious to know what the calcium level is so if that's the problem I can fix it.

[Watermom]

Be consistent with keeping the cl level high and don't let it yo-yo up and down. Sustain it which means you have to test multiple times a day and each time shock it back up.

[wxwmn02]

Just got my test kit and the Calcium level or CH is 690ppm. From what I have read in the book that is way too high. How do I bring that down?

[Watermom]

Yep. That is high alright -- just what i suspected. The only way to lower it unfortunately is to do a partial drain and refill. Retest it one more time to make sure you got it right. Actually, why don't you go ahead and post a current set of all testing numbers for everything for us to look at.

By the way, how does the water look today?

[wxwmn02]

I figured that would be your answer. We will have the other #s for you this afternoon.

[wxwmn02]

Here are the #s. They seem a bit off so I may need to get them again. However, the pool is being refilled now so I expect them to be different.
FAC = 9
TAC = 1
PH = 7.1
Alk = 80
CH = 500
CYA = 65