i have been adding sodium bicarb to raise my TA but recently my water has a jelly like feeling. is this due to the baking soda and will it subside over time?

What could cause alka to be zero? Would cement falling into the water have any impact? I recently had stone work done around pool and landscapers dropped some in...

pH is 7.5

Alkalinity is 110

chlorine is a little low (.5 to 1), but pool gets lots of sun and it is the end of the day, we just added some Sun 3" tablets.

I HAVE A ABOVE GROUND POOL HOLDS 3754 GALLONS OF WATER MY TA IS 200 MY PH IS 6.8 I HAVE ADDED THE ACID BALL BUT MY ALK HAS NOT DROPPED MUCH INFACT EARLIER TODAY IT...

I HAVE A POOL 28FT DOUGHBOY WITH EXPANDABLE LINER, WITH A WEDGE BOTTOM I CALCULATE A 30,000 GALLON CAPACITY

OK LAST YEAR I HAD YELLOW ALGIE FOR ALL YEAR ANS THIS YEAR I...

HI, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I EVER HAD A POOL. I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESREACH TO GET THIS THING STARTED. I WENT T THE LOCAL POOL SUPPLY STORE TO HAVE MY WATER CHECKED. THEY...

24,000 gallon pool. Chlorine is good. I can keep PH within range but cannot get alkalinity below 18-20 drops. When I really add the acid to control the alkalinity I...

I have tested our water and the alkalinity test came back a bright orange, which isn't even a color option. Last year the water started staying cloudy, so this year I...

ok. i have a 25,000 gallon pool. my ph is very acidic and my TA is extremely low. i use strips so i cant exactly know the ppm. from here i know i have to set my TA...

I have a 12000 above ground 24 round pool.. the total alkalinity is at 220ppm... way too high... everything else is in range... the pool is cloudy...

questions......

I have a 12,000 gallon pool; the water supply is hard and our problem is usually limescale buildup. However, from last autumn the pool water pH inexplicably dropped.

pH...

whats the reason for high TA.

We opened our pool,cleaned it, added shock and all of asudden it turned green, why?

Set my pool up yesterday and added shock chlorine and algecide. My test levels this morning are.

TH-200

FC-10+

PH-8.4

TA-240+ Off the chart

CYA-30-50

The pool...

So, I was trying to raise the Ph, but mistakenly used Sodium Bicarb instead of Soda Ash. Now my TA is out the roof (Sodiam Bicarb raised TA and obviously does nothing...

I have been dosing my pool with acid 3 times a day to bring down the ph and hopefully get rid of calcium scale around the water mark . The Ph remains at 7.8 but have a...

Have new In ground salt water pool and ph is stuck at 7.8 ta is 100 Cal is 310. I am useing a program called perfectpoolandspa and its working good but ph is stuck at...

Have read most of the postings and tried it - still no change - in fact worse! 20k gallon salt pool. Alkalinity 150 and ph 7.6. need to get to alk of 100. Have poured...

Forgive me if this is answered elsewhere: PH was high yesterday and added MA. Now PH normal. Do I need to do anything more or will the TA adjust itself as the PH levels...

i was told by the installer to add 12 pounds of baking soda to offset the acid soda now the pool is cloudy and i can't get the baking out.any suggestions.