I have pool above 100K gallon. My Alkalinity is above 500 and pH is 8.4, Calcilum hardness is 60 ppm. I am trying to add continuous load of HCL as prescribed but due to...

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i'm trying to rise the alkalinity (today reading Low) in my pool with Sodium Bicarbonate 100%.
when i do so, my pH go's up to, to 7.64, then i add Pool Acid and...

My new house has a 38,000 gallon salt water pool. This is my first pool and I can't quite lower my Ph from 8.6 no matter how much acid I use. My alkalinity was at 80ppm...

All the hoses and plastic inside my (on top the ground) pool are purple. We have had a problem all summer with brown stains and the not being able to get the water...

I have a 40 x 20 gunite pool about 35,000 gallons with mineral springs bioguard salt system. The pH has been around 9.0 with total alkalinity around 230. I have been...

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I'm lowering the pH using sodium bisulfate. Since I'm using a salt chlorination system, and the salt is sodium chloride, I was wondering if adding sodium from the...

The alkalinity in my pool keeps going up. The Ph is 7.6 stays the same but the alkanity keeps going up we have added 2 gallons of acid we have well water have added the...

Hi all, I'm new to the forum, so hello to everyone and thanks in advance for any help. I finally broke down and joined a forum after struggling with the same problem the...

help need to increase Ph w/out messing up the TA. Been a problem for over a month on going cycle. Get one in range the other is to high and vise versa.

My Ph is reading 0.0 now but my TA is reading 90 and cl is 4.7.... I have dumped so much in to bring up the ph, just when it's perfect TA is off the charts. So I use dry...

This is my first post here, so please bear with me. Under the guidance of a licensed pool operator, I take care of the in-ground pool for the townhouse community I live...

I just have a quick question that's been bothering me a couple of days now.

Have i understood it right that the TOTAL alkalinity should be somewhere between 80 - 120 ?...

How long should the thermal pool cover be off a pool before testing for TA
I have had a result of 120-ppm with the pool cover just taken off and 100-ppm with it off all...

It doesn't make sense to me, but my ph is between 7.6 - 7.8 and my TA is 40 ppm.
Total hardness is 240
What do I do to get my TA up without increasing my ph?

My pool...

Hi:) In trying to lower the TA I mistakenly added Sodium Bicarbonate instead of Bisulphate......what can I expect to find in the morning and what can I do next to fix...

If my pool is properly balanced between Cl and pH (automated system, I think it's slightly out of calibration) should I have to keep adding sodium bicarb to keep the...

Hi! I am about to close the pool for the winter. The pool will be closed for 5-6 months. The pH level is now 6.4. I wonder if I need to adjust it to above 7 before...