I always thought that soda ash raises the pH, but the Pool Calculator app says it lowers the pH.

Soda ash raises the pH, right?

Is there a reliable pool calculator...

Sorry for more in my series of newbie questions....

If my pool app says add 150 gms, does it refer to dense or light soda ash? I used the search box on the forum but...

Added alkalinity to my pool to bring up the levels which were very low. After adding 10lbs, little white flakes started floating in the pool, and within 30-45min the...

CO2 vs. Muriatic Acid : Question Assuming a balanced pool, how much CO2 would be used to manage pH verses the same pool using muriatic acid

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and I’m looking for some help.

I am on the central coast of California, City of Arroyo Grande to be exact. I have an inground...

Hi,

Im new here so please be nice, and i'm hoping to learn as much as i can for our new concrete pool installed in Feb this year.

All my equipment is Astral and im...

We installed our pool 2 weeks ago and I still can't get the chemicals right. I NEED HELP!!!!!! Every time I try to raise my pH slightly, my TA goes through the roof!!!...

This is only my second year with a pool and I know I have a lot to learn. But I'm thinking the test strips are, for me anyway, more accurate than the drops.kits. Who...

I have a pH machine PoolBasic Evo+ that is used to automatically add pH solution to the pool.

The pH reading is stuck at 5 pH, even though my pool is at 7pH.

I thought...

yesterday i tested my ph and alkalinity my ph was 4.7 and alakalinity 100mv so i poured some swimming pool product so the ph goes up and added chlorine tablets in the...

I have a 70,000L inground pebblecreted concrete pool.
I treat manually with liquid chlorine (and acid, stabiliser, buffer, etc).
Recently I noticed my total alkalinity...

We have a 15,000 gallon plaster pool built in October 2019. We already had to dump the water and wash/repolish the plaster due to calcification. Now after refill the...

Just filled up my INTEX 18x48 Above Ground Pool on Monday. Been doing water tests every day and today took a water sample to my local Leslie's Pool Store.

I was...

I have a 3700gal pool on a trichlor system and we just cannot get the pH down. Trichlor is highly acidic so we should be having the opposite problem. Any ideas why this...

Hi all, I've already read the sticky titled " Reduce Total Alkalinity Levels " but I am having problems increasing the pH, so please bear with me...

Problem...

Hi all, I took over responsibility of a swimming pool and hot tub back in April and due to not being trained properly, I wrecked the chemical levels of the pool and the...

Problem: Chronic high TA despite massive amounts of muriatic acid and continuous algae growth
FC: N/A - we have a Simple Salt System
TC: N/A - we have a Simple Salt...

My wife and I purchased a new spa about a 5 weeks ago. This is our first spa and we are very much enjoying it. It is a smaller 3 person spa with a water capacity of 180...