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Keep in mind that it doesn't take long for the water to cloud with no chlorine present.If after you add a TBS of dichlor and run pumps for ten minutes, it's still not clear an hour later- Add an ounce or so of some clarifier, run pumps again, and then rinse the filters. If that still doesn't work, add a shock dose of mps.
The thing is, the water didn't GET cloudy, it never got clear from filling. Also, I must have put too much alk increaser in, because that is when it got high. So then I put the alk down. Am I overtreating now? Should I dump some? I have put a lot of chlorine in, is it safe to add more? I still have not used it since filling.
I just checked, and my water looks good!! Woo Hoo! Keep in mind, I have not been in this new water yet, nor have I rinsed the filter. Here are my readings:FC: 1.5TC: 2.5PH: 7.7ALK: 100CH: 210I know my reading may not be that accurate with a FC reading of 1.5, but I first used a strip first that showed 0 FC, so I went ahead and tested.What should my next step be? I still have my old Frog in, but would like to put in the new NAT2 so in coincides with the water change. Should I adjust the PH further, then rinse filters, add dichlor and add the nat2? My CC reading being 1....why? Shouldn't I have no CC if I haven't used it yet? :-/
Great news. Just replace your frog with the N2 cartridge and leave everything else alone. Add dichlor after you soak or once per day if you don't use it. Don't worry about your combined chlorine right now. Enjoy the good water. No need to adjust pH right now.