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[waterbear]

If you take the time to follow the suggestions I made you will minimize the pH rise and have a more stable pool. Until you do test pH daily. Once you know the pool you can test less frequently. Keep a record of your test results.

to give you an example, my acid usage went from about a quart a week to about a cup every 6 weeks after dropping my TA and adding borates. I have also seen such results in my customers pools when they adjusted the water chemistry as AI suggest. However YMMV since there are several factors that can have an effect on the acid demand of a pool such as the presence or absence of water features, pool surface, bather load, etc.

However, keeping the CYA at the top of the recommended range (usually 80 to 100 ppm, depending on manufacturer), running the cell only long enough to maintain a 3-5 ppm FC level, lowering the uncorrected TA to 70 ppm (or possibly even lower--with your high calcium your water will still be 'balanced'), AND adding borates to 50 ppm will have a positive effect on your pH stability and lower your acid demand.