Water Pool
PurTest Home Water Analysis Test Kit
(Kitchen) PurTest
Monitor the performance of you water treatment equipment
Including tests for bacteria and pesticides.
Know what problems exist in your water supply before you purchase treatment equipment
Price:
$59.00
$33.80
Answers
I had my water checked today and the results where the best. My alkalinity was 234ppm my ph was 7.37 my hardness was 135 and my bromine was 0 . I have a 18x32 above ground pool. They suggested I had 10 lb of ph reducer and 10 pounds of hardener both 3-4lb at a time waiting 3-4 hour apart and 2 lb shock. I added 4 lb of ph reducer and my ph is now down to 6.8 and I still have 0 bromine. does there suggestion's sound correct or am I going to have a worse problem if my ph drops to low. My water is a little cloudy but I can see through it no problem.
Ideal levels for a pool chemistry are:
pH 7.4-7.6
Total alkalinity 80-150ppm (so your alk is way to high)
Calcium Hardness- 200-400ppm
Your pool sanitizer should be between 1 and 5ppm.
Bring your alkalinity down. Then test all chems again. If hardness needs to be brought up still then do that. Check bromine level and raise appropriately. You must have sanitizer in the pool.
The most important aspect of a safe swimming pool is it chemistry. Badly maintained Chlorine, pH, or many other chemistry levels may cause adverse ...
I recently just bought a easy set up pool. I filled it up with the garden hose (850 gallons worth) and We have very hard water, so its a rust color. How can I get the rust look out of the water and get it clear? Should I put the chlorine tablets and shock it now or wait for an analysis of the water? This is my first time ever setting up a pool. Usually my daughter just ran through the sprinkler:) Me and my great ideas.
Get your water analyzed at a pool supply center. They have products that will neutralize metal in the water. You will receive a computerized printout on what chemicals to put in your water and how much. Make sure you know how much water your pool holds before going there. There will be easy instructions that come with the analysis to show you the steps needed to get your pool water clear and balanced.
Thought we would "go green" and filled our newly painted swimming pool with water from a spring and rain water and of course the pool is green. We have not started the filter yet and I will take a water sample to the pool store for analysis but is this really a bad idea? My family wants me to empty the pool and start over again with city water. We have had a lot of rain and overcast weather lately and some conventional pools I have seen are also green. Help?
You are fine with rain water. It isn't ideal but can certainly be worked properly. One of the things that rain water has over city water is that it's generally a lot softer. This means you can start right on some of the chemicals and add what's needed instead of trying to get rid of what's not.
One thing that rain water will contain is phosphates. This is one of the reasons for the algae bloom in the water. Phosphates are a natural pollutant and a man made pollutant that is introduced into pools through rain. Starting with rain water just means you need to get rid of the phosphates.
Baking soda will raise your alkalinity. 20 Mule Team borax will raise and buffer your pH. Household bleach will raise the chlorine level and will also raise the pH.
Take a sample of the water down to your pool store and have them run a full spectrum test on it. Make sure they test for the following:
Total chlorine
Free chlorine
Combined chlorine
pH
Alkalinity
Hardness
Cyanuric acid
Total dissolved solids
Metals
Phosphates
Don't purchase anything from the pool store at this time unless you have any phosphates or metals in the water. If you do then purchase a phosphate remover (PhosFree, etc) and a metal sequestering agent. Bring the results and recommendations back and post them here or feel free to email them to me at robandliz1992@yahoo.com and we'll get you on the right track. Please include the pool gallon size, material it's made of (concrete/plaster or vinyl lined), filtration system, chlorination system, and any chemicals you may have added in the last couple weeks.
Tests Free Chlorine, Total Chlorine, Bromine, PH, Alkalinity, Calcium Hardness, and Cyanuric Acid.
Uses liquid reagents for all test factors except Cyanuric Acid, which uses tablets.
Features a photometer which gives you a digital reading of test results.
I want to do a detail analysis of the pool water and want to see where I can have it done. I'm not talking about Ph, Chlorine or alkaline level. I want to see what else in the water as I have been having some run-off into the pool.
Whenever we add Shock or Liquid Chlorine, pool turns bright green.
Very high chlorine levels, negative for metals and algae.
Whats wrong with our water. Why is it bright kelly green.
Our Pool water analysis:
Saturation Index = 0.5
TDS = 600
CYA = 60
Total & Free Chlorine = 10
pH = 8.3
Total Alkalinity = 132
Adj Total Alkalinity = 114
Hardness = 143
Copper = 0
Iron = 0
Manganese = No
Not cloudy
Not staining
Green Algae = None
Black Algae = None
Mustard Algae = None
Slime/Mold = None
the pool place is clueless.
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