I recently purchased a house with a pool and we opened the pool last Friday. The pool maintenance person came this Tuesday and added some chlorine tabs in a floater. I have been reading articles from pool school and I now understand the issue with continued usage of chlorine tabs and the problem with CYA levels. I bought the pro kit and tested the water myself. I found the free chlorine (FC) level to be at 0.5 and combined chlorine (CC) at 0.5 as well. The pH level is at 7.2, and for CYA, when I filled the testing tube, I could see the black dot very well, so it's probably at 0.
What should be my action plan now to balance the chemistry? I have ordered a Proteus DX4 for pool cleaning, liquid chlorine, pH up, pH down, and liquid stabilizer. I am planning to take over the pool maintenance myself and get rid of the pool maintenance person.
Chlorine tab is still not dissolved which I read takes a week for these 3 inch tabs so I'd my pool fine for a week given fc is at 0.5 now. Water is squeaky clean.
What should be my action plan now to balance the chemistry? I have ordered a Proteus DX4 for pool cleaning, liquid chlorine, pH up, pH down, and liquid stabilizer. I am planning to take over the pool maintenance myself and get rid of the pool maintenance person.
Chlorine tab is still not dissolved which I read takes a week for these 3 inch tabs so I'd my pool fine for a week given fc is at 0.5 now. Water is squeaky clean.