POOL CHEMICALS for BEGINNERS: How to Test and Balance Water | Swim University
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Need help understanding pool chemicals? Not quite sure how to actually test and balance your water? Knowing what to test and when can save you from big pool problems in the future. So here’s a quick guide on how to test and balance your pool chemicals.
⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 - Pool Chemicals for Beginners
00:46 - Water Testing 101
01:09 - How to Collect a Water Sample
01:50 - How to Read Test Strips
03:57 - What Pool Chemicals You Need
04:27 - How to Add Chemicals to Your Pool
04:54 - Right Order to Add Chemicals
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We hope this helps you with pool chemicals! Here's what we cover in the video. And be sure to grab our free cheatsheet at www.SwimUniversity.com/cheatsheet 👍
00:46 - Water Testing 101
01:09 - How to Collect a Water Sample
01:50 - How to Read Test Strips
03:57 - What Pool Chemicals You Need
04:27 - How to Add Chemicals to Your Pool
04:54 - Right Order to Add Chemicals
Very helpful video, thankful for the breakdown
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Perfect, today's the day I'm opening up the pool.
Enjoy! Happy Pool Season!
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Thanks for the informative video! 👍👍. Do I need to worry about CYA? I have an above ground pool, but I keep it covered with solar cover and a tarp when not in use. Thank you!!
Oh man, I bought a small 10'×6'×24" pool and thought it was gonna be easy to maintain and cheap. Goodness, I had no Idea I needed so many things to keep this little thing up. Water was crystal clear for the first week. Started geting a little cloudy, so I bought some 1 inch chlorine tablets and some baking soda. I put in one tablet and a hand full of baking soda. Now my pool water is yellow😂😂😂. I dont know what to do....This is well water, so i read it could be the metal in the water but Idk.
Did you ever get it straightened out ? If so , how ?
You need stabilizer, chlorine tablets, shock & baking soda. If alkalinity is high & ph get ph down if it’s low get ph up.
Oh yikes! Have you used a metal sequestrant yet? You'll need that to help remove things like iron from the well water.
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Offtopic but related: can u help me if how to clean my home storage main tank water that is recently mixed with drainage water (yes sewage water , thanks to my country unstable system) .
Except draining the water because this is regular happening thing
Thanks mate for the informative video. I look after 2 pools a 25m pool and 50m pool olympic standard. I have been facing problems with a strong stain greenish algae on the side of the pool. I tried to brush it off but didn't work. Any suggestions?
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Hi man, you have all my respect for giving ur time to actually explain those things to us, but i have a slightly little problem in my pool, i have checked my clorine and ph levels and fixed them , and then i added floc , and everything went greate ,i vacuumed it all and stiil has a green color ,it looks like it s clean but it s green clean,i really need your help, should the alkalinity be the problem here? I have to mention that i tooked the water from a swamp and it was brown at the beggining
Have you tested your other levels, like minerals and metals? If it's coming from a swamp it could the water source causing that, unfortunately. You might want to get it tested professionally at a pool store
I have found that the test strips work easier. So far my hardness, free chlorine and total chlorine is high but the rest reads OK.
This year I cut back a lot of trees and bushes so organic debris doesn't get in the pool.
So far this spring I have not shocked it to get ready for the summer swim.
Should I always shock the pool before getting it ready?
Thank you, North Texas
If your TC is high, you might want to shock. It means there's a lot of combined chlorine (used up chlorine) in the water
With a salt water pool where CYA is added manually and kept in range, which is better, dichlor shock or oxidizer, for refreshing free chlorine without increasing CYA? I’m having trouble finding non-stabilized dichlor shock or shock products that specifically states no added CYA. If oxidizer is best in my case, any recommendations? Thanks for all the excellent, well-produced videos!
Oxidizer is better for refreshing free chlorine without raising CYA. But for shocking (i.e. raising your free chlorine up to kill contaminants), you could do liquid chlorine (sodium hypochlorite) - that's not stabilized!
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I have a question for you . When I do the test with the Stripe and the messures are not consistent with the normal color that they are in range, how do I know how much do I have to put chemicals in the water?
Me accidentally put in my 7 000liter pool chlorine tablet for 20 000liter, what i need to do next? Change all water?
Thank you. Hired a pool company to open my pool this season, $800 and 5 days later it’s still cloudy. Lousy company.
Yikes! Hopefully you know how to fix it and maybe get some money back?
Where does Algaecide fit into that proper order you listed? I have yellowish green silt/powder substance at the bottom of the pool that keeps coming back. Sometimes clear or whiteish grey
It's most effective after shocking your pool. But you'll have to wait until your chlorine drops back to normal range (usually 24 hours after shocking)
I have read so many different things about how long to wait to use a test strip after adding chemicals. Do you have a rule of thumb or specific knowledge to help me?
For the basic chemicals, like alk, pH, etc., wait 20 minutes at least, with everything circulating.
All my readings are where they need to be my pump & sand filter are working fine but my water is still cloudy & I’ve been using cal hypo & liquid shock what do you recommend?
Check out this video for help with that: czcams.com/video/Q3kPcBl5Bog/video.html Otherwise try clarifier or floc to clear it up
My chemicals are right on my pump is new my lateral is new & valve is new i been using cal hypo & liquid shock but it’s still a greenish color & cloudy
Good info, but I'm an absolute beginner so how do I know how much of each chemical to add? Also, I have a swim spa so do I follow pool guidelines or your hot tub guidelines? Thanks.
For real someone need to tell us how much chemical to add cuz this is confusing (maybe we go with what feels right)
We'll make a video about that! It's usually on the chemical packaging but we'll break it down.
I can NOT get my PH and TA to go down I’ve used 2 gallons so far of MA … what should I do
I’m using Clorox six and one shock is that good enough?
Idk
We just set up our above ground pool. We have had the filter on and started circulating some chlorine tablets. Right now the free chlorine is low, the alkalinity it High and pH low. Should we just shock it to get more chlorine and lower the alkalinity? Then fix the pH?
Bring your alkalinity and then pH in range. pH helps the chlorine work more effectively. And tablets take some time to disperse.
Oh o wish I watched this first before adding shock to my pool. It was filled freshly and I added shock, if I go do the step by step said in the video will that be okay? Or do I have to dilute this shock first? I’d hate to have a cloudy pool. (It’s just a small above ground pool) pls help :(
How's it looking after shocking? Balancing pH makes the shock work better. But retest your levels first.
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Sir one doubt
Example:- water color green is there
Pool capacity 11lakhs how much will adding for calcium hypochloride & sodium hypochloride
All of my levels are great on the test strip other than the chlorine levels. I have 3 tablets in a floater and when I test the water, my levels are still showing at 0. Do I need to shock my pool again?
Have the tablets had time to dissolve? Otherwise shocking the pool can help. Check this video out for more help: czcams.com/video/PVmVOrQOcRA/video.html
I'm new to pools and i am working at a hotel which has a hot tub 2,500 gallons. It closes at 11pm and reppens at 8am. My issue is when i would come back from the weekend my Monday was spent dealing with a spa that was cloudy and had no chlorine. The reason i suspected was because night shift would leave the feeder valve cranked all the way up for my two days off. My supervisor is not happy with this and has instructed me to add more tricoor tabs to the feeder. At first it was 3 tabs, now he wants 6 tabs in the feeder. I think this is causing a higher concentration into the spa. We use a leslies test kit and i noticed my alkalinity test was turning funky colors and I re-did the FC/TC and it was super high. What setting and tablet size, would work best and how do i convince my supervisor?
Adding more tablets isn't going to solve the issue. Running the spa during the off hours likely will. Even for 30 minutes during the "closed" hours. Can you set an automatic timer to make sure the chlorine and water is circulating more often?
@@SwimUniversity Thank you so much for responding. I don't have an automatic timer, but that is something i really want to look into! :)
hoping you'll respond to this...bought 2 different stick cheeks...chlorines are good...I shocked...ph alkalinity and stabilizer sr
trips stat are yellow... please help
typos sorry...ph alk...stabilizer all stay or are yellow...tested as you said with glass
How long can I run my pool pump without water?
You should never run your pump when there isn't water flowing through it
Do I need to shock my pool if I’m using algaecide already
Non-chlorine shock is still good to add weekly (it keeps free chlorine active). Use chlorine shock if you have bigger issues.
How important is bromide in a salt water pool> I see it on the test strip
You might be seeing bromine under free chlorine on a test strip. You only need to measure your free chlorine in salt water, not bromine.
@@SwimUniversity thank you. Was a bit confused
I'm having a problem where my combined chlorine is near 5 and my FC is 1. I've drained half the pool, added 12 bags of shock (30,000 gallon pool) and the next day my FC was still 0 while my CC was still high. Any recommendations? Pool is clear and blue, and no bad chlorine smell. PH and Alkanity are also in range, CYA is a little, 25. Any help is appreciated
When you add shock, your goal is to reach breakpoint chlorination (30 PPM Free Chlorine). Do another round of this shocking, testing your water to make sure it's at 30 PPM FC. But before that, check your testing supplies or chemicals. Make sure they're accurate or not expired. And consider getting your pool water tested at a pool store, since you don't have a bad chlorine smell but high CC.
Or should I use liquid chlorine?
You can use liquid chlorine to shock. If you use Clorox 6-in-1, it's Dichlor shock and it will raise your CYA levels. It's more powerful than liquid chlorine but just watch the CYA.
I can NOT get my PH and TA to go down I’ve used 2 gallons so far of MA … what should I do
What are your other levels like? Sometimes cal-hypo shock or a salt water generator will bring them up
Ph lower