Water Chemistry · Dosing Worksheet

Pool Balancer

Log your pool, your equipment, and today’s readings. Get back the exact chemical and dose — in the sequence that actually corrects the water — instead of guessing off a test-strip chart.

Pool & Equipment

Sets your volume and your personalized target ranges.

Example data
Pool volume
gallons — from your builder spec or equipment manual

Sets your calcium hardness target
Sets your dose calculations

Sets your filter-cleaning reminder
For local weather-aware recommendations, coming soon

Today’s Test Results

From your liquid test kit or test strip.

Free ChlorineFC · ppm
Total ChlorineTC · ppm · optional, checks for combined chlorine
pHstandard units
Total AlkalinityTA · ppm
Calcium HardnessCH · ppm
Cyanuric AcidCYA / stabilizer · ppm

Adjustments

Dose in this order. Circulate at least 4–6 hours and retest before moving to the next step.

1Cyanuric Acid
Low
25ppm
0target 3050100
29.3 oz
Add cyanuric acid / stabilizer granular, dissolved slowly in a sock in front of a return — never poured directly in.
2Free Chlorine
Low
1.8ppm · min 3 for CYA 25
0target 3510
33.7 fl oz
Add 12.5% liquid chlorine to raise Free Chlorine to your CYA-adjusted target of 4 ppm.
3Total Alkalinity
High
140ppm
0target 80120200
150 fl oz
Add muriatic acid in one spot with the pump running, then aerate (fountain, return jets angled at the surface) for an hour to bring pH back up without re-raising TA.
4pH
High
7.8
6.8target 7.27.68.2
48.0 fl oz
Add muriatic acid to bring pH down toward 7.4. Dosed for your current alkalinity (140 ppm) — recheck TA after, since acid lowers it too.
5Calcium Hardness
Low
220ppm
0target 225400500
15.0 lb
Add calcium chloride to raise Calcium Hardness toward 300 ppm — dissolve in a bucket of water first, it heats up fast.

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Doses are estimates based on standard published dosing rates and your entered volume — actual results vary with pump turnover, sunlight, bather load, and test-kit accuracy. Add chemicals one at a time, in separate trips around the pool, and never pre-mix or combine chemicals directly — especially chlorine with acid. Always follow your product label. Retest 4–6 hours after each addition before dosing further.