Unbelievable CYA

[BigTallGuy]

Point well made AnnaK. I agree with learning and understanding not only your pool, but your entire system. I am just starting to learn and understand my new salt system and how everything works in harmony.

Getting back to the High CYA reading, I would almost bet that there is/was a decimal point missing. If Utahpool is close to his 14,500 gallon estimate, someone would have had to dump 30-40 lbs of CYA into the pool to get those readings.

[utahpool]

Got a retest at a different store, this time they said 200 ppm CYA. So draining would seem to be my best choice. Going to buy the Taylor kit and do my own. Once I get it sorted out, I'll then resort to the BBB method. The cost of conventional chemicals kills the fun of pool ownership. Thanks for the insight.

[CarlD]

Our chemicals are conventional. We simply find them under other labels far cheaper.

"Liquid Shock" is either ordinary ultra bleach or double-concentration.
"Total Alkalinity Raiser" is baking soda.
"pH Up!" is washing soda.

And, instead of pH Up! we use Borax so it doesn't impact T/A.

And, instead of Dry Acid or pH Down! we use Muriatic Acid.

B-B-B is a full-time method. You don't have to wait to implement it.