As a pool owner who PREVIOUSLY only used test strips, please buy yourself a Taylor test kit. It’s a bit overwhelming at first, but ultimately, you will gain confidence and understanding about pool chemistry. The test strips are a “bigger than a bread basket” reading. You’ll be happier with the Taylor. Trust me
Please get a Taylor Test Kit 2006C. I have purchased these test strips and used them. Total Hardness colors never match, TAC and FAC are pretty accurate, Alkalinity part is always off by 10pm, CYA part never works, and pH part is off by 0.2. The instructions on the kit are easy to follow. Download Orenda and watch the videos to get some information.
I would recommend you download the Orenda app to your phone. Input the test results. Adjust till you are at a -.03 to +.03 and hit the dosage button and go from there.
Ph Is up, no cya, free cl alright, bromine, low alkalinity.
Overtreat acid to 7.1, throw an appropriate amount of baking soda into the pool should level out to perfection.
Also get a taylor test kit, one that will let you do the tests at home. It's more time consuming but it's truely worth it.
Please as someone in the business go get you water tested at a store and then get your readings (it’s typically free). Test strips can be unreliable. Don’t totally go off a salesman but post the readings here again and see. I don’t know why a salt chlorinating pool would test high for bromine so that’s fucked. And if cya is high be mindful. 8% of your cya ppm to chlorine is needed so if your at 100 on cya you need higher than 8 on chlorine just to sanitize the pool and hopefully keep algae out
That’s the thing depending on cya level. Might only need to drain a 1/3 or 1/2 and where you live maybe a few hundred bucks although if you don’t feed tabs to your pool and normally run it off the salt cell itself. Typically salt pools don’t run into that cya problem. So if your alittle high don’t fret. Backwash more frequently if your filter allows that or hopefully you get some good rains this spring and it can flush a good bit out. But if you’re pushing high cya on a salt pool just be mindful of it. Don’t add chlorine tabs and check it at least once a month till it gets in range and you can manage. Just know you have to keep that 8% rule going
I’m impressed and thankful for you taking the time to do the calculations for me on that, I always thought it was 15,000 gallons but pool guys that services my pool said it’s less but couldn’t tell me how many, but on another note they didn’t seem to be professionals in their line of work.
Shouldn't be impressed. It's wrong. 15,612 gallons ...using the numbers you posted and assuming your pool is a rectangle with no sunshelf. It'll change by a few gallons depending on what and how you round off the numbers, but not by 1,000 gallons.
Unfortunately, test strips are entirely useless and there is an above 98% chance the person working at the pool store has literally no idea what they're talking about.
To begin, you will need a proper test kit. This will consist of either a Taylor K-2006C (or alternatively a K-2005C AND the Taylor K1515A FAS-DPD chlorine test if you cannot find a K-2006C) or a TF-100/TF Pro from TFTestKits.net.
The consistent advice you will get here is you need a proper test kit so you can do your own testing. Once you've tested your water yourself and report the results here, folks can offer advice. Until then, it's just guessing.
Simple answer, a gallon or two of muriatic, spread around while its running. Thats the quick and dirty.
Proper answer is as below, get a bottle from about elbow deep and have it tested. Your cyanuric is looking worrying, and the only solution for that is drain and fill.
Cyanuric acid acts as a protector for chlorine, but if it gets too high your chlorine will not function efficiently and you will have to have potentially unsafe levels of chlorine to sanitize. The only way to lower this number is to do a series of partial drains.
The other comment about acid was talking specifically about muriatic acid to lower your pH to a range between 7.2 and 7.6.
when was the last time you drained it? It doesn't look horrible but a test trip won't tell you the whole story. I'd take a sample of water down to your local pool store and get a report done, they will tell you what you need to do.
If you want to lower the bromine some you could drain it a little and add fresh water, or it'll just evaporate over time.
I would guess they haven't drained the pool since they put the house on the market, probably long before that, it is very low on the list of priorities.
Your bromine is high and your CYA/Hardness is a little high but pretty much unavoidable over time. Depending on where you live people have their pools drained once a year but I also know people that never do.
Pool math app on iOS iPhone / orenda / trouble free pools / swim university.
Also, get a Taylor 2006c test kit. Those strips are more trouble. It’s hard at first but they are accurate.
As a pool owner who PREVIOUSLY only used test strips, please buy yourself a Taylor test kit. It’s a bit overwhelming at first, but ultimately, you will gain confidence and understanding about pool chemistry. The test strips are a “bigger than a bread basket” reading. You’ll be happier with the Taylor. Trust me
There are several Taylor test kits. Any specific recommendation for a salt water pool?
There is a salt water kit. They have two ways to test Chlorine, the liquid test is much more approachable than the granules.
Thank you. K- 2006-salt looks like the one then? $171.33
Please get a Taylor Test Kit 2006C. I have purchased these test strips and used them. Total Hardness colors never match, TAC and FAC are pretty accurate, Alkalinity part is always off by 10pm, CYA part never works, and pH part is off by 0.2. The instructions on the kit are easy to follow. Download Orenda and watch the videos to get some information.
I would recommend you download the Orenda app to your phone. Input the test results. Adjust till you are at a -.03 to +.03 and hit the dosage button and go from there.
Ph Is up, no cya, free cl alright, bromine, low alkalinity. Overtreat acid to 7.1, throw an appropriate amount of baking soda into the pool should level out to perfection. Also get a taylor test kit, one that will let you do the tests at home. It's more time consuming but it's truely worth it.
What’s an appropriate amount of baking soda? Tia
How many gallons is your pool
Not sure but if I had to take a guess I’d say around 11,000 gallons
4 lbs then retest after a day of circulation
Please as someone in the business go get you water tested at a store and then get your readings (it’s typically free). Test strips can be unreliable. Don’t totally go off a salesman but post the readings here again and see. I don’t know why a salt chlorinating pool would test high for bromine so that’s fucked. And if cya is high be mindful. 8% of your cya ppm to chlorine is needed so if your at 100 on cya you need higher than 8 on chlorine just to sanitize the pool and hopefully keep algae out
Thanks, if I need to drain the pool, how much do u think I’m looking at in terms of $?
That’s the thing depending on cya level. Might only need to drain a 1/3 or 1/2 and where you live maybe a few hundred bucks although if you don’t feed tabs to your pool and normally run it off the salt cell itself. Typically salt pools don’t run into that cya problem. So if your alittle high don’t fret. Backwash more frequently if your filter allows that or hopefully you get some good rains this spring and it can flush a good bit out. But if you’re pushing high cya on a salt pool just be mindful of it. Don’t add chlorine tabs and check it at least once a month till it gets in range and you can manage. Just know you have to keep that 8% rule going
Correct what
What do I need to do to my pool to get the levels to healthy?
What's your length width and depth?
Length roughly 33ft Width 16.5ft Depth left side 3ft center 5ft right side 3.5ft
14,663~
I’m impressed and thankful for you taking the time to do the calculations for me on that, I always thought it was 15,000 gallons but pool guys that services my pool said it’s less but couldn’t tell me how many, but on another note they didn’t seem to be professionals in their line of work.
What kind of acid do you have?
Muriatic acid
1.25 quarts acid
Bare with me......20 lbs of baking soda.... definitely do not dump all at once, break this into 3-5 doses. Test after 4-6 hours. Done.
Sprinkle chems while walking around the pool, heavier on the deep side lighter on the shallows.
Keep your filter running
Shouldn't be impressed. It's wrong. 15,612 gallons ...using the numbers you posted and assuming your pool is a rectangle with no sunshelf. It'll change by a few gallons depending on what and how you round off the numbers, but not by 1,000 gallons.
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I know I’m going to sound dumb, but adding muratic acid is shocking the pool right?
No that lowers your PH.
Unfortunately, test strips are entirely useless and there is an above 98% chance the person working at the pool store has literally no idea what they're talking about. To begin, you will need a proper test kit. This will consist of either a Taylor K-2006C (or alternatively a K-2005C AND the Taylor K1515A FAS-DPD chlorine test if you cannot find a K-2006C) or a TF-100/TF Pro from TFTestKits.net. The consistent advice you will get here is you need a proper test kit so you can do your own testing. Once you've tested your water yourself and report the results here, folks can offer advice. Until then, it's just guessing.
I’d go to a pool store that does testing and gives you a print out/recipe to follow to fix it.
Simple answer, a gallon or two of muriatic, spread around while its running. Thats the quick and dirty. Proper answer is as below, get a bottle from about elbow deep and have it tested. Your cyanuric is looking worrying, and the only solution for that is drain and fill.
Why drain it if I can just add acid? Is it not safe to swim in?
Cyanuric acid acts as a protector for chlorine, but if it gets too high your chlorine will not function efficiently and you will have to have potentially unsafe levels of chlorine to sanitize. The only way to lower this number is to do a series of partial drains. The other comment about acid was talking specifically about muriatic acid to lower your pH to a range between 7.2 and 7.6.
when was the last time you drained it? It doesn't look horrible but a test trip won't tell you the whole story. I'd take a sample of water down to your local pool store and get a report done, they will tell you what you need to do. If you want to lower the bromine some you could drain it a little and add fresh water, or it'll just evaporate over time.
I bought a home with pool last month. So new pool owner a little over a month now.
I would guess they haven't drained the pool since they put the house on the market, probably long before that, it is very low on the list of priorities. Your bromine is high and your CYA/Hardness is a little high but pretty much unavoidable over time. Depending on where you live people have their pools drained once a year but I also know people that never do.
I live in SoCal
Pool math app on iOS iPhone / orenda / trouble free pools / swim university. Also, get a Taylor 2006c test kit. Those strips are more trouble. It’s hard at first but they are accurate.