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.

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I went to the pool store to have my water tested. I have a vinyl above ground pool that is 12ftx3ft (1779 gal) my readings were as follows:

free chlorine...

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I have had a pop-up above ground pool for three years now. Last year and this year we have a fairly small one (12ft by 3ft). I did check the PH level of the...

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I have a 24 ft round above ground pool. I do have filtering and sand filtering pumps with new sand replaced this year. Chlorine, PH, and CA are all in normal...

what will cause my ta to go low when both my ph and clorine are stable. I have tried diluting my muric acid more then normal. tried adding soda but with in 3 days it...

I work for a non profit agency and we have a therapy pool of about 35,000 gallons. This pool has a computer regulated temp of 93 degrees and that same controller...

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I am on a bouncing rollercoaster with water balancing. My TA is at 70 and my PH is at 8.0. Calcium is at 160 or thereabouts.

I just brought my ALK up to 80 from...

I am having trouble balancing pH and Total Alk. My TA is about 120-130 and pH is 6.8. Should I concentrate more on lowering TA or raising pH?

I tested my total alkalinity in my pool and I had to add 7 drops of a solution to correct the alk. level Each drop=10ppm. If i have to add 7 drops to get the desired...

Hi, I take care of the pool and spa where I work. They are both on a salt water system....the spa has only been on it for about 2 months.Things were fine but in the last...

So we have a salt water pool which has an automatic cover. The pH is fine but we have a high TA count. Our pool service claims that this is a critical problem which must...

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When using Citric Acid to fix a water stain problem, I noticed that as I'd expected my PH dropped right down but surprisingly my TA stayed at the same level.

So...