CYA Levels Okay at Minimum?

[Watermom]

Why so much baking soda added? In your pool, 25 lbs. will add 78ppm of alk which would put you up to TA of about 158. 80-120 is a good range for alk.

[MomX5]

The printout from the pool store said to add 24.5 lb. of their alk product, and I remembered reading on PoolSolutions (hope I can say that here) that you can use A&H lb. for lb. Apparently I am better off learning the exact formulas and firguring it myself next time! Thanks for the help Waterbear and Watermom :-)

[PoolDoc]

Considering that PoolSolutions is also my site (look at the logo at top!), it's probably OK to mention it.

And yes, baking soda AKA sodium bicarbonate AKA sodium hydrogen carbonate AKA sodium acid carbonate is EXACTLY the same thing as Alk+ AKA Alkalinity Increaser AKA etc. The only difference is the food grade is not only cheaper, it's also a little more pure!

PoolDoc

PS. I don't even ban people for mentioning TroubleFreePool.com . . . and that's NOT my site.

[waterbear]

total alkalinity increaser is baking soda. Period. the chemical name is sodium bicarbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate.

As far as the computer readouts from the pool store let me give you an insider tip. they are designed to sell chemicals and not to balance your water. If your water is balanced you wont need to buy anything!

[waterbear]

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