Opening pool test results

[Watermom]

Your numbers look pretty good except I would bump the pH up a little with some 20 Mule Team Borax (laundry aisle at Walmart). I would not use any more stabilized forms of chlorine in this pool since your CYA is already 65. I would just stick with the liquid chlorine for daily chlorination and for shocking when needed. I would not use any more of the dchlor.

You also do not need the calcium elevator since this is a liner pool. Also do not add any of the stabilizer and conditioner. (That is CYA).

With your volume, each quart of the 12.5% bleach will add about 2.3ppm of chlorine. Use that to help you figure out doses. With a CYA level of 65, you need to keep your chlorine level between 5-10 all the time and when you need to shock, you'll need to take it up to 20ppm.

Hope this helps!

[GregP]

Thanks Watermom.

In keeping the chlorine level at 5-10 ppm, how would you test for that because the OTO kit doesn't read that high (I thought I would save on the Taylor reagents and do the daily testing with the OTO kit)? Would I just use the test for the free chlorine in the Taylor test kit?
I will get the borax in tomorrow to target the pH at 7.4

Thanks,
Greg

[Watermom]

You really would need to use your Taylor K-2006 kit to test chlorine levels higher than 5ppm. But, with CYA of 65, you might find that you don't need to test every day. Every other day might work as long as you don't drop below 5ppm by then.