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scarywoody
05-24-2006, 04:45 PM
I have about 16 lbs of cal hypo left over from last seasons baq conversion and was wondering how i could use this in conjuction with bleach.

Is cal hypo just super concentrated chlorine. I'm starting up after a long neglectful winter and was thining i could just dump the cal hypo in there and then use the bleach as needed instead of dumping in a ton of bleach at the start.

sound theory?

thanks :)

Watermom
05-24-2006, 05:20 PM
Yes, you can use cal-hypo and bleach together. Unless your calcium hardness reading is high and then sometimes cal-hypo will cause cloudy water. Otherwise it is fine.

scarywoody
05-24-2006, 08:00 PM
naw my calcium level is actually a bit low, so I guess i'll toss some in there. thanks.

Does cal hypo affect ph signifigantly and should i put it directly in the skmmer?

aylad
05-25-2006, 02:16 PM
Cal-hypo never affected my pH significantly, and yes you can put it in the skimmer as long as you don't have trichlor in the skimmer or in an inline feeder.

Janet