Test Results - Please Review

[Watermom]

Slowly as in a minute or two. As soon as you see the skimmer basket clear, pour some more. Go ahead and use the whole box.

[Jacob99]

Slowly as in a minute or two. As soon as you see the skimmer basket clear, pour some more. Go ahead and use the whole box.

Sweet. Thanks. Got the stabilizer in, got the liquid chlorine in, and I'm heading out now to put the Borax in. Should I let my pump run on full speed overnight? I still haven't quite figured out when to use the low speed vs. the high speed.

[PoolDoc]

If you're pool is cloudy, you'll get better filtration with a cartridge or sand filter on low, than on high.

[Jacob99]

It's looked clear, but right now it's looking a little cloudy since adding the liquid stabilizer. I'm hoping it'll clear up by morning. Should I run it on low overnight?

[Watermom]

Sorry for the late reply, but the answer was "yes." Any time you are trying to clear a pool, you should always run the pump 24/7.

[Jacob99]

No worries...i did lower it and pump has been running. Gonna go test again in a little bit. I have to say I'm kind of enjoying it so far considering I haven't used the pool yet. Will I get over it? LoL

[Jacob99]

Got my new readings...chlorine low again...damn my lack of stabilizer!

FC: 1.8
CC: 0.2

pH: 8.0 (I really don't understand how this is possible. I was at 7.0 yesterday. I added 1 gallon of liquid stabilizer, 1 gallon of liquid chlorine, and one 76oz box of Borax. According to the pool calculators, I needed 169oz of Borax to raise my level to 7.4. I used less than half of that because that's all I had on hand, and it raised it to 8.0. Very strange. So one drop of the R005 turned it to the desired color of pH, so I will need 22oz of Muriatic acid to get back down to a 7.5 pH reading. (I think)

TA: 50 (the Taylor kit says it'll turn from green to red, but it's more of a pink, right?)

CYA: I didn't even notice that the lowest level on the tube is 30, and I already knew I would only have around 15 so I guess I just wasted my drops. Oh well, won't be doing that again. I have some HTH stabilizer that I'll be putting in over the next couple of days to raise up my CYA.

I guess I'm just concerned with the pH. Did I do something wrong?

Edit: I just checked and I have no idea where I got 169oz from? I guess I should double check my numbers before adding chemicals. Regardless, to get from 7.0 to 7.5 it says I needed 95oz of Borax and I only put 76oz, so I still don't understand how I got from 7.0 to 8.0.