Pool Store vs Test Kit Results??

[hawkeye91]

Love the new kit! It will be much easier to get a handle on things now. Of course I don't need to tell you that. =)

Morning numbers...

pH = 8.0+
Acid demand = 3 drops
FC = 6.0 (so lost 0.4 overnight)
CC = 0.5

I added acid this morning, but no bleach because I wanted to get a true picture of what was going on with the FC/CC.

Evening numbers...

ph = 7.5
FC = 4.0 (so only lost 2 ppm during the day as opposed to the 9 that the HTH kit was reading - what a piece of junk!)
CC = 0.5

I'm definitely going to add bleach tonight, but do you still think I need to bring it up to shock level, or just bring it up to 10.0?

Thanks!

Scott

[Watermom]

I think if it were my pool and I had a CC reading of 1 less than 24 hours ago, I'd go ahead and shock it up one more time. Then, if you still have less than a 1ppm loss overnight, then let it drift down and I think you'll be good to go. (You are probably ok not to shock, but it is just kind of like insurance. Won't hurt.)