Forum: Using Chlorine and Chlorinating Chemicals

Alright I've back washed, added 3 lbs of the CYA in the skimmer on the 12th and had the pump running non stop for 24 hours and added also 2 gallons...

I must be doing something wrong. I've been thinking that the BBB method was less expensive than using pool-specific chemicals, but the math doesn't...

My last cal hypo purchase was a 75lb HTH bucket at Costco back when it was 75% (or close to that) cal hypo. When did the industry change to 48% and...

Just read a thread that states that pucks get your Ph all out of whack. Is this so, and if so can someone explain the relation of the two. I have a...

I'm going to be closing my pool for the first time and (unfortunately) have a CYA level of 100. (A long weird story that I still can't figure out...

I started using bleach about 2 years ago when CYA was too high. It is my opinion that most pool owners use pucks because it is just the mentality of...

This will be my first year closing my AG pool and was wondering if the winter weather will have any impact on my too high CYA of 100? As I have been...

Not sure if this is the proper forum for this so if it needs moved OK:) How fast will a chlorine/water mixture remain effective at poolside,...

I have a 30,000 gallon concrete pool. Cya = 100 FC = 8 Alkalinity = 80 Ph = 7.4 I am changing over from using trichlor pucks to just using 6%...

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...

Have read lots and lots of information on this forum, but I may have missed this. Do you still need to keep trichlor sticks in your chlorinator when...

Hi, All the stores seem to be clearing out their pool supplies now. Anyone buying tabs or pucks or other chemicals now at sales prices and keeping...

I've been draining & filling to lower CYA. Lately, with Ernesto & following rain showers, I have been draining while Mother Nature refills :D . I've...

16x32 16,400 gal vinyl pool. CYA has been high because I used dichlor at my pool store's recommendation. On 8/23 their Alex system said CYA was 146;...

:confused: Hi we've just filled our Pool with well water (13.5 hours). 16 x 28 4' high. I have not added anything yet. I've tested the water and...

Hi: My pool data is as follows: FC: 10 pH: 7.2 TK: 80 CYA: 30-50 Water temp: 63 oF

Hello folks. First, let me thank you all for the great information and attitude you have provided over the past month I've been lurking here. I...

Someone asked me today if I used liquid or powdered bleach. I said liquid, but it raises the question: Is there a pure form of dry sodium...

Do you shock only when you have combined chlorine or do you shock weekly like the pool store people suggest? This is the first summer that I have...

Hi, Note the 2nd bleach calc proportions do not increase with the gallons- 16000 gal., 10% strength, increase 1.5, add 3 Cup 7 oz. 16500 gal.,...

I have a 27K gallon in ground gunite pool with PebbleSheen finish. I've maintained it all summer with BBB, and have not shocked it once (no CCs). I...

First, thanks to all you fine folks who helped me open my pool this summer. Have used BBB method and Ben's test kit. Our pool is beautifully clear...

I went to visit my daughter and when I came back pool was GREEN. DARK GREEN. Dear hubby forgot to put chlorine in and now I do not know what to do....

I am brand new (obviously) to this site. It looks great by the way! My "pool guy" had installed an automatic chlorine-maker that goes directly...

The question is would it be better to just let it go down naturally or would it be better to use Sodium Thiosulfate? Are there any negatives...

I haven't been using liquid chlorine that long or that often. Is it safe to assume that this stuff should smell just like bleach? Cuz what I bought...

I am new to the bleach method, but thanks to all you people, so far, so good! I now know that the higher your CYA, the higher you have to keep...

I've been reading the posts here and in the other sections of the forum, and I see distilled water mentioned sometimes. Should the bleach be diluted...

I am compiling a sheet for the cover of my new BBB Pool book to help cut down on confusion while I'm still getting the hang of this concept. I've...

I started the BBB this year and my pool has been perfect...until now. A week ago I noticed my PH level was down to 6.8 so I dumped 1.5 boxes of Borax...