concerned about TA and CYA level

[cleanteeth]

Things are looking up. I can see the bottom of the pool now
This morning's numbers are:
pH 7.8
FC 7
CC 0.5
TC 7.5
TA 325
CYA 30

I am running out of cyanuric acid reagent. Is this something I need to order from Taylor? I have not covered the pool at all, should I be covering while I am in this process of shocking the pool? I will continue to shock until I can get 9 or 10 ppm in the morning. Thanks for walking me through this. Not really looking forward to the TA. Baby steps, right? Have a great day;~D

[PoolDoc]

Yeah, one of the problems with the K2006 is that it only holds enough CYA reagent for 3 or 4 tests . . . and there's not room for any more. So you'll need to order some later. They have larger bottles -- I'm not sure what people have been ordering.

But . . . you really don't need to be worrying about your CYA much, right now. You definitely don't need to test it every time.

I would lower the pH some. If you can handle muriatic acid (from Lowes, etc.) safely (glasses, gloves, don't breathe the fumes), it's the cheapest AND best way to lower pH. Probably be best to dose with pint or so at a time. If you will hold the pH around 7.0, your alkalinity will gradually decrease. (Actually it will decrease a lot at first, but if you keep holding at 7.0, it will keep going down slowly.) Alkalinity as high as you have favors algal growth, and can otherwise complicate pool care unnecessarily.

Other that that, keeping your chlorine up, and circulating 24/7 is what you need to do.

Oh, and test the calcium and report that. Unless you have a heater, it's not a big deal for liner pools, but it would still be a good idea to have some idea of where it is.

[polyvue]

I am running out of cyanuric acid reagent. Is this something I need to order from Taylor?

I agree with PoolDoc that you really don't have to worry about CYA (since you've just tested it and most people only need to test CYA a few times during the pool season) but you've asked a question I can answer. If you think you'll be testing frequently consider purchasing CYA reagent in larger quantity. To reduce overall shipping costs, try to anticipate what other items you're going to need and group them together. Or is this advice a bit obvious?

Taylor R-0013
Cyanuric Acid Reagent

R-0013C 60ml / 2 oz -- $4.35
R-0013E 480ml / 16 oz -- $9.35
R-0013F .47 L / 32 oz -- $13.85

MSRP -Taylortechnologies.com

2 oz and 16 oz sizes are heavily discounted at the following suppliers:

Spspools-spas.com
Amatoind.com

32 oz size available at slight discount from PoolWeb.com

I've found a source that beats all others on larger size Taylor reagents but I have not had occasion to order from them (there may be minimum volume requirements): nationalpoolcare.com

[cleanteeth]

Thanks for the info on the reagents. I came home this afternoon and checked the pool chemistry.
pH 8.0
FC 7.5
CC .05
TC 8

ran to town to get muratic acid. I have to locate my goggles and rubber gloves and I'll be out to take care of that in addition to bleach. Thanks!!

[cleanteeth]

The calcium level, 300ppm, was taken on the 18th. The other current levels taken this afternoon are;
pH 8.0
FC 7.5
CC 0.5
TC 8
I just added 2 qt of bleach and 14 oz of muratic acid. This brings back memories of chemistry class...mwwaaaa. Thanks to you all for your help. I'll keep you posted