Silent_Buddha
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Sure, but the 36,000 gallons of water in my pool are not the same chemically as tap water. It's not like I empty my pool out every year and refill it, and all the leaves/debris/acid in the rain can raise hell with the Ph.
If your Ph is off, you can't set your stabilizer. If you can't set your stabilizer, the sun eats up all your chlorine. (Or something like that, I'm still learning.)
10lbs of baking soda fixed the Ph, added a gallon of stabilizer so that's cool. Got about 3 4" chlorine tablets in each skimmer basket that should over chlorinate it quite nicely for a few days, and my new pump should be here soon for the spa.
For so many problems it's going really well.
This is why I prefer just having a natural pond on our property.
It's fed by a stream and some natural springs on the hill above the house. We do have to dredge it every few years as sediment builds up, however. And you do have to be mindful of the landmines that the cows leave scattered about.Regards,
SB
