Bleach, cal-hypo, trichlor, dichlor, shock and STABILIZER: when, where & how.
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Ok, I have a question. I started weaning off the trichlor tabs and using more bleach at the end of last year. I tested the levels before...
Last yr (our first year w/ 27'AG pool) when I was following advice here and using generic clorox ultra, the local family run pool store owner gave me...
I just became a first-time pool owner (24' above ground) due to be installed soon and I have been doing some research about the chemicals needed to...
Ok, before the web site crash I posted a request for help converting over to "grocery store" chemicals. From what I remember everyone said to test...
I have a 22x42 AG with a 6 1/2 foot deep end. I have been using the 3" tablets for 2 years now.. last year before closing I was told my CYA was...
I am going to switch this year to the three B's. When I took my cover off this year, I put a lb of shock and 4 tablets in the floaty dispenser. ...
I have a swcg so I rarely buy jugs of bleach but wondered about a common statement made in this forum. To wit: the higher the chlorine concentration...
I have a well with a water softener so I will get water trucked in initially to fill my pool but then will be using the softened water whenever more...
This is the year we are switching. After doing a lot of reading late last year we are "drinking the kool-aid" and moving to bleach. My wife thinks I...
This is a stupid question but what is meant by shock the pool. I have had my pool for a year and I have shock and the 3" pucks. I know shock w/the...
First I have to say thanks to Ben and all of you for your years of experience & help that make it easy to have a pool. I have used the forum info...
I was in the middle of my Baquacil conversion when the forum went down. (Talk about panic when I couldn't read what to do next. LOL) Anyways, I...
:confused: Sorry..posted this in the Chlorine Feeder thread..but thought I'd get more responses here too: I'm considering a new 18' above-ground...
I was aiming for a CYA of 40 in my new gunite pool. I started with 0 and added 5 lbs. That got me to 20 according to Ben's test kit. I did not know I...
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Hi Everyone, I had a new 21K gallon gunite pool installed late last year. It was completed too late in the season to use and I had just enough...
Maybe this doesn't have an answer because of variables, but are there any guidelines on the shelf life of bleach? Say it is kept at 60 degrees in...
3-182 oz bottles of 6% bleach @ ~$7 or 5- 1lb bags of sock it (45% chlorine) @ ~$12 The only reason I'm even considering it is because the...
So just opened the pool. AG...approx 19,000 gal Initial tests... CL-- 0 PH-- 7.5 Alk- 200 Hardness- about 500 CYA- 100
I went to pick up some bleach today. Clorox is labled 6% Wal-Marts brand, which is about 75 cents cheaper...is not labled....I looked all over that...
Let's say that I get my pool (24' AG) balanced then later in the summer I go away for a week. What's the best way to deal with water treatment during...
I purchased a dozen gallons of generic bleach from my local grocery store yesterday. When I poured one of the jugs in, I noticed it was clear. I...
I am thinking of purchasing this liquid feeder for a 9000 gal pool. In Honolulu the average temperature at my elevation is 76% year round, so...
I've been surfing around on pool supply sites today and found Cyanuric Acid Remover/Reducer! I didn't realize such a thing existed. After reading all...
The pool is being delivered tomorrow! I have searched for instructions on how to START using chemicals from scratch in a new AG Vinyl pool, but find...
Why aren't pucks without CYA available? I used them last year and it was so convenient to just shock occasionally with liquid chlorine. Once my...
I have a 24 feet round above ground pool, 54" depth, with a Hayward 1.5 HP EC45 DE filter. When I purchased this pool in July 2004, it came with the...
We have been shocking the pool each night, it still is a light green adn we can't see the bottom quite yet. What will happen if we start adding...
Can someone explain why you can't use a floater that you have had tri-clor in and use Cal-hypo. I've seen this said on this board and others,...
Hi, I have been reading and hopefully absorbing all the knowledge you have to share. Sorry if I am posting this in the wrong place, move if...
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