Forum: Using Chlorine and Chlorinating Chemicals

Hello Pool Forum. I have not posted recently as things were going fine, but I just realized that my Aquapure 1400 was dead (it stopped telling...

Found this site early last year, read and studied, got Ben's testkit and did BBB. Loved it! 2 ppm loss per day without solar cover with a cya of 40...

This is presented for informational purposes only. I'm not advocating this. I have a 20,000 gallon inground pool with vinyl liner and sand...

What stores have the best prices for pool chemicals? I also need salt for my chlorine generator.

I have read that cyanuric acid should be higher with salt chlorinators, but don't understand why, except that no new stabilizer is added with the...

Hello, My pool keeps me humble. I can't say that enough. We had a pool party last Saturday (9-1); within a day, things went wrong. The pool got...

Question is in the title, anyone know if I can super-shock my pool, I got tinted gunite this time and am scared to shock too much in case it would...

Anyone know how long polyquat is good for? I have some left over from last fall and it wintered in the garage. It may have dropped below freezing...

Theoretically, should there ever be a need to shock a pool if the chlorine is kept at the proper level? When my father took care of the pool he...

So I guess the Big tabs make my cya go up ,so then i have to drain out water,then i drain out water and i get wrinkles in my liner, So I try BBB but...

How long does it take for the pool to get green when you can't run the pump? My husband replaced our pump and filter and most of the PVC on...

Hi folks. I got the Mustard algae/brown/yellow dusty evil disappearing reapperaring magical #@#%^@ crap on the bottom creases/crevices of my vinyl...

Hello, Was hoping this esteemed forum could chime in on this. Kinda a math problem. Around here, you get 3 quarts of 5.25% bleach for $1.30....

Hi Back after a year or two away - everything was good but not so good now. I have an in-ground vinyl pool apx. 14,000 gallons in volume. I...

Hi Forum, I'm happy with my clear water, but consistently am reading non-zero CC levels (and a funky smell.) If I believe the Taylor manual,...

My free chlorine is almost at 0 but I have very high total chlorine. I am afraid to add anymore bleach. Can anyone tell me why, how to fix it, and...

my reading is up to 132 with all other readings being in the suggested range ,the pool girl said highest possible is 150 she also says my big...

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...

Using bleach, how long (days) will chlorine last if raised it to 40ppm before it goes to 5ppm in a 9000 gal pool. Assuming CYA at 38, ph 7.4. ...

Generally, these Cal-hypo tablets are useless junk. The plastic-wrapped ones may be better--I don't know. But I have found a use (finally) for the...

I tried posting this over at TFP but I keep getting an error so ... I'm having a problem with no CYA in the pool along with algea which I believe...

I have a vacation coming up and would like a consensus opinion on the best strategy for a 10 day vacation. I have an 25,000 IG vinyl liner with no...

I know in the past no such thing existed. But I noticed HTH now sells duration tablets that say right in big letters. "Will not over condition"...

Since switching to the BBB method a last year I have noticed a distinct discoloration of my liner below the water line and am not sure why. My PH...

I'm using the BBB method but have not yet been using CYA because I let my dog (Lab) swim in the pool....I know..I know. My concern is her injesting...

KMart is having a sale on 182oz of American Fare chlorine - 5 bottles for $10. This appears to be a great sale - cheaper than Sam's Club, the...

Hello! We just filled our pool with water on Friday. I used a sequestrant to isolate any metals from our water. I then shocked the next day with...

Hi, all. I've done much web-browsing on this and can't seem to find a satisfactory answer. First, my specs/usage/testing/maintenance stats: I...

The weather has been crappy lately, and no one has been swimming for about a week or so. Today I uncovered the pool to vacuum and was amazed at how...

Just wondering: My kids called a want to swim in the pool today, but I have around 14ppm of chlorine with 40cya. I'm trying to get rid of some...