Forum: Using Chlorine and Chlorinating Chemicals

I just bought some Clorox regular bleach at th grocery store. The label states 6%, with 5.7% available. So, what is it? 6% or 5.7%? I am...

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...

How much does liquid 6% Chlorine change PH. For example to adjust a 10,000 gal pool Ben's calculator states 2 quarts for a 3 ppm move. If the the...

I am buying the main name brand of bleach that eveyone knows. I want to save some money and buy the discount store brand, Wal-Mart or K-mart....

A huge THANK YOU to all on this forum. you people are incredible. I can finally see my drain and my water is clear thanks to everything I learned...

I am using Ultra bleach to chlorinate my pool. However, I still seem to have a problem keeping the level up on a daily basis. I get full sun on the...

Ex Chlorine=bleach? alk increaser=baking soda? I'm wondering if there is something for calcium hardness? Also I've seen the bleach...

Setting: A once murky poop brown pool in Delaware that was opened one week ago by me, after alota questionable products added it turned bluish and...

What is the highest safe level of chlorine that will not fade a liner. I just had a new liner put in and I would hate to have it fade. Shocking is...

Need help my Ph is 8.2 and my cl is 3 question do I adjust the ph first and then cl.also can I use Ph minus instead of acid thanks

I am a pool owner and I dont know how much water my pool actually holds. I know it is a Grecian Pool made by Foxx pools, vinyl liner, and a sand...

I'm new to the board, I just ordered the test kit from Ben. I bought my house with a 30 yr old pool that collapsed during the winter and I just had...

I don't know where to place this topic but here it goes. I have been looking at this product - same as turbo Solar Fish - for a while but the posts...

this is my first time to this forum and I would very much appreciate any feedback. The pool store today told me I should use "Stop Yellow" to get...

Besides any cost differences, is there any difference in using these two methods of lowering Ph? I ask because I am new to this, having had a pool...

This is my first FULL season of using the BBB method of maintaining my pool. This is my FIRST full season of nothing but crystal clear, balanced...

I just wanted to let the group know what the kid at Leslie's said..I took my first sample in there for confirmation of my PS233 numbers. After...

I have an 18000 gal. IG pool/spa combo that has been running a week. Until I a m allowed to start my SWC in a couple months, my basic plan on the...

Is it safe to use HTH stabilizer from Wal-Mart? Label says 94% CYA and 6% inert. The title is HTH & Conditioner. Shouldn't stabilizer be 100% CYA?

Hello, everyone. I have a 22 x 40, 45,000 gallon rectangular in-ground pool. It has a Jaccuzi Sand Filter and a Polaris 380. The pool has a...

Can someone tell me how much Cya is added per puck either to 10,000 gals, or to my pool which is 33,000 gals on a weekly basis or as the puck...

I have a 24' ab vinyl pool. The shock that seems most effective for the past few years is the stuff at Wal-Mart, sodium dichloro s triazinetrione. I...

ok I have really high cya(95-100) and water has been cloudy for weeks. now I have gotten the cl -with bleach- to 25ppm for about 1 day. it is...

Hi all, Where does one find 5-gallon carboys of 12% bleach? Do you order this online, get it from a pool store (argh!), or from a...

I found that a store in my area (ocean state job lot) carries pool shock. It is 12% sodium Hypoclorite. it cost $2.49 a gal. Now I believe what I...

I'm a brand new pool owner (11,000 gallon Kayak Pool) who needs some advice. Maybe someone can answer a question... My new pool came with the Frog...

Happy Mothers Day! found out yesterday I have 7 CYA & my pool consequently hasn't been holding CL @ all! I slowly poured in 6 llbs to the skimmer...