Bleach, cal-hypo, trichlor, dichlor, shock and STABILIZER: when, where & how.
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Pool was drained and filled with new water. Ever since having hard time to get chlorine at good levels. Did have what look like some algae. Finally...
Hi everyone. This is my 1st post here. In the past 3 seasons I have been fighting a losing battle with my pool. Between chemicals, hundreds of...
Is anyone else using Great Value Concentrated (8.25% Hypochlorite) bleach? I had been using Stop&Shop for a couple of years with no problems, but...
I'm new to the forum and have seen the phrase "...until the chlorine level holds" in discussions regarding adding chlorine. What does this mean? I...
Is there a simple chart out there, meaning a chart that defines each chemical and its use, along with ppm's that should be obtained. Included maybe...
I am a newbie pool owner, so I am not familiar with the pool equipment yet. I bought a Hayward Chlorine Feeder (CL220 Off-Line Automatic), but I...
Hi, everyone! Name is Bob and I'm new to the forum. I've had my pool for 11 years, but have never had this problem. Just recently opened pool, it is...
After reading on this forum, and a partial water change, I've decided to go entirely liquid chlorine instead of pucks in a floater with liquid as a...
or do you measure granular differently. Does it go by weight? I dumped the leslies power powder plus into a measuring cup to use a half bag and...
I have a whole bucket full of pucks from last year. They've been stored outside, in Phoenix AZ (hot), but not in direct sunlight. The bucket was...
Foaming water in NC, is this how my night will end with a foaming pool? I am trying to raise the ph level in the pool I wasn't getting a reading on...
Hello all :) A friend of mine just mentioned she works for a chemical company and can get me 10% bleach in a 15 gallon drum for $.82 a gallon! ...
Is this a silly question? I understand that bleach/chlorine is the source of sodium hypochlorite. But wouldn't 10% be better than the 5.25 or 6%...
Is 10% sodium hyperchlorite ok or does it need to be 12
I have about 10" of water to go and the pool will be ready to turn on the pump. I did hang a chlor tab in a stocking in the middle of the pool...
Up here in the north it's been super cold and we are just opening our pool and trying to get it looking great!! Right now it's an aqua green color...
14,000 gallon above ground pool CYA - 0 CL - 0 Alk - 220 Ph - 8.0 Planning to add 2lbs 4oz CYA through skimmer. I know not to backwash for...
Hey guys, I've been reading the threads and I think I have a decent handle on the BBB system... however, I just finished setting my pool up and I'm...
1. At Wal Mart- had about 15 gallons of ultra- girl asked are you gonna buy all that bleach. "No. I was just seeing how much I could fit in my...
My 2 1/2 year old son everytime he goes in the pool has a bowel movement. Not sure if it's the swimming/water combo or what but it's really annoying...
I'm up and running and with all the rain we've had in the spring here in the Northeast, my CYA is all but gone. I had 1/2 of a 5lb CYA jar and a 8#...
I had my pool looking really good running: 12.0 c 12.0 FC 150 cya 7.4 ph I was swimming at 8 PM and shortly after I got out, a huge monsoon...
So I read about using bleach to shock. My CYA is 20 so according to the table, I can shock with a FC of 12. Over the last three days and multiple...
When using the bbb method, is it bad to use 3" trichlor pucks? I have problems with my ph getting too low.
I so far have been putting my chlorine tabs in the skimmer box. I have since been told that a floater will distribute chlorine just fine and reduce...
Hi all. Spring wouldn't be the same without my annual post to poolforum. I began using Ben's bleach method about 4 years ago when my CYA was off...
I thought I had seen a thread about chlorine strength and using only 6% or 5.75% on the Pool Forum prior, but cannot seem to find it now. Is there...
What volume of bleach would be equivalent to one (1) pound of lithium hypo granular "shock"?
I have been buying 6% ultra at Aldi store for 99 cents per 3/4 gallon jug. Has anyone found it cheaper than that?
I swear I had found somewhere at one time the amount of chlorine a pound of 65% cal hypo would add to 10,000 gallons or the amount of cal hypo that...
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