next steps for well water pool?

[33feet]

Step from above:
"2. Go to Lowes (HomeDepot, possibly a big AG supply) and get 4 gallons of PLAIN (not safe, not diluted, not non-fuming) 31.45% muriatic acid. Get some nitrile rubber gloves and safety glasses, if you don't already have some. READ the muriatic acid page in my signature, and then begin adding acid, 1/2 gallon at a time, till your pH is near 7.0. Keep it there till your alkalinity is below 100 ppm."

question: I need to to have ph near 7.0 and alkalinity below 100ppm before doing anything else (except adding bleach daily and removing Nature2)? I think that may take awhile!

[33feet]

I found some values on our well water:

Calcium 66
Magnesium 33
Alkalinity 380.
Iron 1.78

This evening:
ph 7.0
alkalinity 210
FC 0.6
CC 0.2

I will keep working to get alkalinity down. Then what?

[aylad]

Just keep chlorine in the pool so it doesn't go green on you. What is your current CYA level?

Janet

[33feet]

Forgot to post that.
Cya. 0. (Or at least less than 30 there was no cloudiness at all with the test)

[PoolDoc]

Were you able to get the dichlor?

You need to add chlorine; you need to add stabilizer, AND you need to keep your pH down. And, dichlor will do all three things!

Note, that this doesn't mean dichlor will ALWAYS be the best chemical for you: when your alkalinity is low enough, and your stabilizer is high enough, using dichlor would NOT be a good idea. But, for now, it's a GREAT idea!

[33feet]

Oh yes. Have the dichlor from Sams. Am ready. I think
This am:
Ph. 7.0
FC. 5
CC. 0
Alk. 250

Calcium hardness (curiosity) 425

Thanks for all the help

[aylad]

In 25K gallons of water, each 6 ounces of dichlor you add should raise your FC by approx. 1 ppm, so you can start using that instead of the bleach. For every 10 ppm the dichlor gives you, you're going to raise your CYA by 9 ppm, so I would test for that at least weekly, and then stop using the dichlor when it gets to your target (we recommend 40-50 ppm for most pools). Also, keep an eye on your pH--you're already at the lowest end of the acceptable range, and the dichlor is going to lower it more, so I would add some Borax to get the pH back up to the mid-7's range.

Janet