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CH- Calcium Hardness
- (CH) Calcium hardness indicates the amount of calcium in the water.
- Over time, water with low calcium levels will tend to dissolve calcium out of plaster, pebble, tile, stone, concrete, and to some extent fiberglass surfaces.
- Keeping the water saturated with calcium will protect pool surfaces from premature failure.
- A plaster pool should have CH levels between 250 and 350.
- Total hardness is the sum of calcium hardness and magnesium hardness.
- Most test strips report TH instead of CH causing plaster degradation from low calcium.
- To increase your CH level you can add calcium chloride.
- Cal-hypo will also increase CH levels, for every 10ppm of free chlorine added to your pool you increase your CH by 7ppm.
- To decrease you must remove water.