I'm new here so please be gentle. I'v had my pool for 4 years now and haven't had any real problems till this spring it all started when I couldn't get the fc levels to come up finally after reading online I was able to shock it enough to get stuff killed and get some free chlorine. Now I need to get things balanced out and since the only pool place in this small town have very limited knowledge about anything except for what is written down for them, I was hoping to get some help here. I'll start with my pool info and the readings I got from the pool store, I'm sure I won't leave you with enough info so please let me know what else I need to supply....here goes
16500 gallon, in-ground, vinyl lined, heated pool - 80degrees, sand filter. I'm using bioguard chemicals Silk smart sticks for chlorine, smart shock and back-up for algecide. I also have their optimizer plus product in the pool as well. The pool water looks crystal clear as well.
TDS: 1000
CYA: 151
Tot Chlorine: 9.5
Free Chlorine: 6.5
pH:8.2
Tot. Alkalinity:188
Adj tot alk:143
Total Hardness:315
Optimizer plus:64
Saturation index:1.1
Those are the readings from the pool company's computer program from bioguard. I know I need to get the pH down and that isn't a problem, what worries me is the high chlorine levels and the cya seems high as well. Their test also says I have combined chlorine but it doesn't give a reading for it, just says to add 10 bags of oxysheen. I'm looking for some help or advice on where to go from here cause so far its been a long month of messing around and it seems like I've gotten no where and have been going in circles.
Thanks in advance
Brian