Hi all! Good to see the forum active again. Welcome back Ben, you've been missed.

I am in the process of converting my pool to salt. My numbers are:
FC 5
CC .2
TC 5.2
Alk 75
pH 7.1 / 7.2
CH 520 <-
CYA 20
Borates 30

I am raising CYA to 70 and am aerating the lower Alk to 60ish.

When I started the opening process, I had loads of leaves and detritus but have managed to clean all that mess up and am now swimming in my crystal clear pool.

The problem I am having is that I've got scale - EVERYWHERE. It's attached to my liner and feels like sharkskin or light grit sandpaper. When you rub it, it comes off in clouds. I am assuming that since my CH is so high that it is calcium. I need to find a way to fix this as I don't want to have Salt Cell issues with calcium deposits.

What's the collective wisdom of eliminating Calcium without draining?

Am I just going to have to live with the pH in the low range to keep calcium from precipitating on the walls and salt cell?

Thanks all.

P.S. Ben it really is good to have you back. Will be donating soonest.

-Troy