Forum: Using Chlorine and Chlorinating Chemicals

Hi all, I have a 15,000 gallon pool in SoCal, and ever since we moved in a few years ago I have been using a chlorine feeder that came with the...

Do you use a measuring cup or just eyeball it? Add at night?

I have used bleach since I found this forum a few years ago and it works great! I just got a new liner, the old one was faded really bad. My family...

Hello, I found this site last year and it helped greatly with my inground pool. I use a Taylor 2006c testing kit. I just openned my pool last...

Hello Everyone! I see Clorox has changed their formula to a concentrated version. Will this work the same as the original formula? Thanks Cooper

Hello- My 7 year old daughter has what is at least a moderate to somewhat severe respiratory allergy to chlorine. As soon as she starts using the...

I've seen this "new" product called Liquid Chlorine and wondered what you guys thought about it. Would it be the same as adding bleach from the...

We purchased our current home (with pool) in June 2012, throughout the remaining summer the CYA was really high. The local Leslie's advised us we...

I am reading all I can on this site. But, I have an algae problem (just bought a house with a pool) and I have limited time to spend on the board...

My pool was just closed (crystal clear). I had just finally won a 2 month battle of new equipment problems combined with a pool that just would not...

am I not allowed to be here???

Just got word from several retailers in my area that plain old sodium hypochlorite will soon be a thing of the past at least here. Seems even Walmart...

Been using the BBB for 2 years, no problems until 2 weeks ago. had a bad storm blow thru. rain,wind, the usual. cleaned up leaves twigs & a ton of...

hi i would like to know if i can use this HTH® Chlorine Granules, if not where can i get some in Canada? thx

Have been trying to get chlorine reading on my pool for over a week with no success. I started by add 4 lbs of granule shock and nothing. Then I...

So, I get pool to shock ing level, clears up then maontain cl to above 3 but water still turns green within 3-4 days. This is even with out pool use...

during the time isaac blew through the carribbean and gulf of mexico we were getting a lot of on and off heavy rains. on monday 8/27/12 we had a...

OK - the last few times I went to Sam's they have been out of Clorox bleach on the floor while I can see a skid of it 20 feet off the ground. I think...

I'm pulling my hair out with this algae problem, test after test, and low chlorine levels even after i put it in, i still have algae, and chlorine...

I have an opportunity to get a pretty good price on 50 lbs of 3" tri-chlor hockey pucks. This is probably a little more than I use in a season. I'm...

Hello Pool gang! I'm a new small-pool owner, and am realizing that water chemistry is not a "set it and forget it" thing! I just ordered up a...

If I am trying to increase FC by 3 ppm in a 35,000 gallon pool, is there a formula that is used to determine a starting point for the number of...

Been three years since posted but the chlorine demand is back. Inground-DE-Vinyl- 23000 gal .Started out season good but now cannot get a FC reading...

Hello, I am just finishing the installation of a 15 x 24 x 52" Esther Williams AGP and getting ready to fill it. It holds 10,100 Gallons of water....

Would it be alright for me to add 4 ozs partially diluted granular dichlor into the skimmer? Peggy

i was wondering has anyone tried the bleach replacement for chlorine, as it was written on the start page, and did it work?

Lately I've been getting a yellowish dirt build up on the bottom of my pool, not on the sides but kind of scattered, anywhere the return does not...

Does clear pool means the pool is clean and healthy?

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...

23,000 vinyle liner been using BBB method for over 20 years .This is the fist time I have had cloudy water. Went away for a week ,before leaving made...