Small Pool, Cloudy Water

[mikemerritt]

Watermom got me straight on the directions and someone else explained why there are two amounts of water referenced. I worked with the kit using a 10ml sample the first time. The FC came in at .5 so I did it again using the 25ml thinking it may be more accurate at those low levels. I'm glad I did because the FC came up somewhat higher meaning I think my first time may have been less than accurate. As a curiosity I am posting my most accurate test strip results taken at the same time I used the kit.

Strip
FC .7

PH 7.4

TA 90

Taylor kit
FC 1.6

PH 7.2

TA 100

CA 27

On the CA test the first time the black dot never completely disappeared.

The second time the tube was so full that another drop would have run off the side but I think that is the point the dot disappeared. That is off the top of the scale so my best estimate is the 27 number. I forgot to get CC levels both times I tested.

The water is almost clear but not sparkling like my neighbors pool. I add about 6 ounces of 6% bleach once a day and that must be enough to stop algae. At this time I really don't have problem I can't live with but some comments would be great.

Mike

[Watermom]

We really need to see a CC reading. That is an important reading because it kind of acts as an alert when there is something going on with your water even before you can see a problem. Repost with that reading.

6 oz. would take your cl level to around 3ppm which is ok for such a low cya pool. Are you ever going to 0 chlorine level during the day? If you do, you may have some CC which could account for the cloudy pool.

TA and pH look ok but just keep an eye on the pH and make sure it doesn't go any lower. If it does, you'll want to add a little Borax to bump it back up.