Forum: Using Chlorine and Chlorinating Chemicals

I keep seeing Aldis, Mennards and the like. Im in northern Ca. we have none of those, no Piggly Wiggly most hardware stores don't have it. Walmart...

Is it a good idea to use bleach instead of Chlorine tab for daily/weekly maintenance? If so, how much bleach should be added daily/weekly? Any...

I have 24' AG by 48". I opened the pool around memorial day and added a new bottle of cya (about 2 pounds?) and 1/2 bottle (about .75 pound) I had...

Upon opening the chlorinator to add some trichlor pucks I found the partly spent pucks coated with a amber/yellow substance. It stuck to my fingers...

I've been using the BBB method so far this summer. In years past, used trichlor tabs which has resulted in CYA over 100. Now, we're planning to go...

Hey all. Purchased a home last year with a 20,000 gallon pool with a dilapidated pump/filter and really old vinyl liner (all 10+ years). Had...

Hello I'm new to the Forum and have an unique problem with chlorine demand. Specifically I have not yet put enough chlorine in to get the FC high...

last year i had this problem and came to this site and found my answer really quickly. now with this forum, i can't seem to find anything. does...

OK. It's been great being able to use Walmart and Amazon to send people to exactly what they need, instead of having to say, "look for this...

40000 gal 20 x 40 IG vinyl. Hayward Aqua Rite T-Cell-15, Sand Filter Our test strips have always test little to NO FC, we were told that's ok...

I was having problems keeping the tc/fc in my pool I added 4 lbs grainular shock, checked the level after 5 hours it was barely noticeable. I read...

When I was listening to the folks at my local pool store they told me that chlorine pucks were bad for my liner. Is this true? Thanks.

New to the Forum. I have owned a pool for about 9 years, and until recently it was salt water. In early May, I drained the pool and decided not to...

Trying to work out a FC issue and hope to search for it . ======================= I need to update my signature when I get the permission but...

8.25% bleach seems to be the new standard 'concentrated' strength. I tend to use pool calculator to work out my levels but it doesn't give 8.25 as...

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I read a bunch of stuff here but just got around to registering. I don't really have any problems to post. I am curious as to why the forum...

Looking for advice for pool treatment before leaving town for 8 days. 13,700 gal Doughboy I had my liner replaced 2 weeks ago and my fill water has...

Will this harm the pvc pipes and/or pool equipment? I have a Hayward pump, Systems 3 cartridge filter, Hayward heater and Polaris booster pump.

We will be leaving for a week and have no one to keep up the chlorine in our pool. I use the 12.5% liquid chlorine. I want to avoid returning home...

Last year we installed used above ground pool that was given to us from my inlaws. It is 28' in diameter and 4' deep with a new liner and filled with...

This is our 8th summer with our 40,000 gal cement pool. I'd like to try to use just bleach this summer instead of buying the expensive Haward...

We have vacuumed and vacuumed, still after a few hours patches of black dirt is on the bottom of half the pool. It does not puff up like algae and...

We have an 18,000 gallon pool, in ground with vinyl liner. Hayward DE filter with a Hayward Super pump. pH 8.0, chlorine 1.0, water crystal...

Hey everyone i went over to leslies pools last weekend and bought everything i needed to do the green to clean treatment on my 10k gal pool. I did...

As I have been fighting a bit of mustard algae and rose my FC level to around 20ppm for a week or so now, it appears I am seeing the signs of my...

25,000 gal. pool need to know how much bleach to begin

Hi, all. So, we bought a new above ground pool this year after our 18 year old one bit the dust last fall. I need help getting it all set up. The...

If I needed a kick of cya in my pool, would adding a bag of granular di-chlor do it? I know sounds like a pain but I just found a little algae...