Carbonate Clouding and Dust | Calcium Issues, pt. 2

Rule Your Pool · Dec 15, 2021 · 38m

00:00 - Intro

00:36 - Welcome to the team, Ryan Rickaby!

01:20 - Review of calcium hardness (amount of calcium carbonate) vs. LSI (saturation of calcium carbonate)

04:30 - Soda ash clouds the water instantly

12:10 - Sharing Eric's screen (alkalinity equilibrium), which can be found on the Orenda Blog, search for Alkalinity

14:21 - When the pH is high enough, carbonate ions (CO3- -) perfectly match with calcium ions (Ca++) to form calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

19:10 - If you put 11+ pH soda ash into the water, it will convert bicarbonate into carbonate, on top of the sodium carbonate you just…