Cyanaric acid helps the chlorine to work more effectively in your pool, but if your cyanaric acid levels get too high or too low, you could end up weakening your chlorine and causing everything from algae to cloudy water. So don't worry here are a few simple steps that you can take to keep your synaric asset levels balanced in your pool, check it out. First, what is cyanic acid? Well, cyanic acid is also known as cya pool, conditioner or pool stabilizer, and it comes in both liquid and granular form. You can even get it pre-mixed in with chlorine tablets or sticks.

These products are called stabilized. Chlorine. Cyanide acid allows your pool water molecules to hold onto the chlorine, specifically free chlorine. Now free chlorine is the amount of sanitizer that's available to clean your pool water.

The other good thing about cyanuric acid is that it has little effect on alkalinity, ph and calcium hardness levels. Its one job is affecting chlorine. So how does cyanic acid help stabilize chlorine? Well, when you add chlorine to your pool water, it transforms into sodium hypochlorite ions and when uv rays from the sun hit those ions they break apart and the chlorine evaporates leaving very little free chlorine in your pool water. Now cyanuric acid binds to those ions and prevents them from breaking apart when exposed to uv rays.

Now, if your cyanaric acid levels are too low, your pool won't hold on to the chlorine. If your cyanaric acid levels are too high, your water will become saturated and it won't hold on to more chlorine. The right balance between cyanic, acid and free chlorine levels will help you get the most out of your sanitizer. What are the right, cyanuric acid levels? Well, we recommend keeping your cyanarc asset levels between 30 and 50 parts per million.

If your cyanic acid level is over 50 parts per million, it can inhibit your chlorine. You may notice algae growth, difficulty, maintaining balanced chemistry, cloudy pool water and decreased sanitizing. Now, if your levels climb above 100 parts per million, you may not be able to even read that exact amount on a test strip. You'll want to take that sample into your local pool supply store for more accurate testing.

Now, if your cyanic acid is low between 0 and 30 parts per million, you'll need to add some to your pool. You'll also want to know your free chlorine levels. Your free chlorine should be between 1 and 3 parts per million when using cyanuric acid aim to keep your chlorine levels at about 7.5 percent of cyanide acid levels. That means, if your pool has 50 parts per million of cyanuric acid you'll need to keep free chlorine at three parts per million to effectively sanitize your water and prevent issues like algae okay.

So when should you test your cyanaric acid levels? Well, besides, regularly testing your pool water you'll want to test your water at the beginning and the end of pool season. If your cyanaric acid is low at the beginning of the season, you'll end up using more chlorine in the months ahead and if it's high at the end of the season, it might be time to change your pool water. Secondly, test your pool water right after a major rainfall diluted, water can also result in lower cyanuric acid levels and, finally, if you notice the strong chlorine smell on your pool, that could be a sign that there's actually too much cyanaric acid, affecting your chlorine, so check Your chlorine and your cyanaric acid levels real quick before we continue. If you're looking for an easy to follow tutorial, that'll answer, all your pool questions go check out our pool care handbook and video course you'll, get over 30 in-depth video lessons and a step-by-step downloadable guide covering everything you need to know about, pool maintenance, it's packed with Money saving tips, so you can save money and time keeping your swimming pool clean.

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Now, if the levels are extremely high, you may want to completely drain your pool and refill it with fresh water. This is rare and stabilized chlorine with cya can hang around in your filtration system, so you may want to backwash or change your filter. Cyanuric acid has also been found in cool plaster and in calcium scale. So if your levels climb rapidly after you refill your pool that lingering cya could be the problem next, here's how to raise cyanaric acid levels in your pool now to increase cyanaric acid in your pool.

You just simply need to add it remember: cya is an acid. It can damage your filter and pool, especially if you have a vinyl liner, always read the manufacturer's instructions before using it. But here's the way that we recommend adding it to your pool you're, going to need synaric acid, a 5 gallon bucket safety, goggles and acid resistant gloves and warm water. First, you want to fill the bucket at least halfway with warm water put on your gloves and your goggles and add a dose of synark acid to the bucket check the product instructions for your pool size as a general rule for a 10 000 gallon pool you're Going to need to add 13 ounces of cyanic acid to increase your cya by 10 parts per million.

Pour the contents of the bucket directly into your skimmer and then run your pump for at least a few hours to stir in the solution to your pool. And that's it! That's everything that you need to know about balancing cyanic acid levels in your pool, sorry for saying cyanaric, acid! So many times, if there's a pool care topic, you'd like us to cover in a future video. Please leave a comment to let us know and hit the like button below. If you found this video helpful.

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