Forum: Using Chlorine and Chlorinating Chemicals

My pool supply calls it stabilizer. What chemical is it that should use and is there a suggestion for where I could buy it?

Hi...I have a 5,000 gal. alberca pool. I use chlorine to sanitize. Here are my first readings from the "pool" store. What to do first???? free...

Is there a product I can keep on hand to add some quick chlorine to the pool that's safe to use and won't increase my CYA level? I use trichlor tabs...

Do you add bleach directly in the water or through the skimmer? I know I saw the answer somewhere on the forum, but I can't seem to find it.

Hello everyone, just joined the forum, Im so glad you guys have this. Just had a inground pool put in last fall, so we just starting using it first...

Good day all. First and foremost I would like to thank everyone for all the sound advise I have gotten since i have started browsing this forum. The...

Hello, New pool owner here. I've been reading up and am taking back the chemicals I bought so that I can use the BBB method with our Intex....

Good day to all. When using the three BBB's . Do they have the same staying power that the store bought chemicals do.

Doing a "Bucket Test" for Chlorine Demand Primarily useful for pools where stabilizer has disappeared and left a HUGE chlorine demand from urea or...

I am at my wits end on this pool. I think I could weep. We have a 15,000g above ground. We opened at the end of April to a very, very green pool. ...

Recently I have: - Opened pool for the first time as it was built new in the fall, and the balanced chemicals - Lowered PH, used stain removal...

Quick question! Pool has been crystal clear and care has been a breeze for the past couple of weeks. I should be at 30 ppm on CYA, plus whatever...

Hi, I opened the pool 2 days ago, it was perfectly clear, I added 4 gallons of 6 percent bleach and ran the filter, the next day it was bright green....

We bought a house that had been foreclosed on and sat for about 1.5 years. It has an above ground pool we want to get going. We have been to the pool...

Checking in after a fe week and the pool has been crystal clear since i got th great advice here! my stabilizer is between 25 and 30ppm and i keep...

hey folks! i want to go the BBB route of keeping my pool in check, but i was told by the installer to NEVER use liquid chemicals as this could...

I know I've seen it here before, but I could not find it--- so how much CYA does Trichlor tablets add to pool? Thanks

Hello new to the forum, pool owner for 3 years never had any problems. 23,000 gallon concrete pool with D.E Filter. Pool is almost 20 years old. All...

Saw them in the store for the first time today--the generic is selling in 1 gallon jugs for the same price as the old 96 oz bottles ($1.54--still 6%...

Hello everyone. I recently moved to a new house with a pool and I have been reading up this forum and started using BBB method. The pool,...

I use COSTCO Trichlor Pucks/Tabs here in CANADA. They are HTH brand by Arch Chemicals, Atlanta - NOT AquaChem. Are these Canadian COSTCO pucks...

Just openned my inground vinyl liner pool, 18K gallons. I shocked with 5 lbs of powder shock the first day, got no reading, so over the last week I...

Is there some explanation as to why in the 10 years I have owned my pool, the previous 9 years' openning regimen was very simple. I was able to use...

I was reading this link ( http://www.truetex.com/poolcontrol.htm#cyanurics ), and the section titled "Eliminating Cyanurics" caught my attention. ...

Hello All - I'm SO new, I don't even have questions yet - but I will - so I'm posting to get my registration started. Thanks so much for being...

Hello All, My husband and I moved into my fathers house about 2 years ago and inherited an above-ground pool that had not been used or cared for...

Hello, I had my pool opened yesterday by my local pool company. I have a 21,500 gal in ground pool. Yesterday i had a ph of 7.2 so i added borax...

I have a 25K inground vinyl lined pool. Opened it a few weeks ago and after seemingly getting it balanced (had to add algecide, Alk up, Stabalizer...

Wow! This site is amazing! It would have been nice to find it when we first bought our house with the pool four years ago, or even before yesterday...

What is the difference between isocyanuric acid and cyanuric acid. Is there one to prefer over the other? I will be running an Aqurite SWCG and it is...