Forum: Chlorine Alternatives: UV, Ozone, Baquacil (PHMB), etc

Hi, I'm so grateful to have found this forum! We've tolerated Baquacil for 2 years and are now selling our house and I need my pool to stay...

hi everyone, new to forum, I have read lots of great things, and I also hate baquacil, what is the process for converting and which test kit should i...

After 5 years of expensive Baquacil and constantly fighting my pool, I had already decided this year I'd had enough and was opening my pool with...

We're going to switch to Chlorine from Baquacil after reading all the facts here, and after listening to friends who have pools and use chlorine. ...

First of all thank you for the excellent information and advice I have been reading on the forum. I was wondering what Eclipse3 is, it is offered...

I just started doing a chlorine conversion and somehow, when I used the bleach calculator I screwed up and ended putting double the amount of bleach...

Boy, I wish I had seen all the negatives about Baquacil before I switched from chlorine. I just converted our small 3000 gal. pop-up pool 4 days ago...

I started using Baquacil last year with great success. This year though I treated it with the shock and sanitizer/algistat now 2 weeks later I've...

am new to this message board and need some help...I have read some of the baquacil horror stories and have another to add...own a 30,000 gallon vinyl...

I put in a 28’ round, above ground pool last summer. Being Pool Ignorant I thought my pool dealer was doing me a big favor by throwing in a Softswim...

I have kept the Cl at 15 ppm, since Monday. Today the level of Cl went down to 0, my husband added more bleach this morning and it's back up to 5 so...

The cover is off, the filter is on and the water is cloudy... I have a 24' round aboveground with a Starbright SF-40 sandfilter. I want to switch...

We completed the conversion this weekend with the TC maintaining 15 ppm overnight. We think we had a white mold prior to starting the conversion and...

I have been reading these threads the past couple of weeks on how to convert from baquacil to bleach. I am in the process of opening my pool for the...

I converted from Clear Comfort (Baquacil) to bleach July 2004 using the instructions I found on this site back then. Since we lost the information...

OK, Im going to start my baquacil to chlorine conversion this weekend, weather permitting. I have a 18’ x 36’ oval vinyl abg pool with a Pentair 150...

Baquacil to chlorine, although the pool folks told us we had no chemicals in the pool Total chlorine after shocking .5 ph 7.6 total alkalinity...

Hello all - I was so excited when I found this site yesterday. This is the 4th season for our pool. We've been on Baquacil since day one. The...

I had a 16x40 fiberglass pool installed last august. After being convinced to use baquacil we decided this year that we wanted to use chlorine. So we...

Just thought I'd give you guys my story as encouragement to all you veterans who help so many people and as a way to help along all the newbies who...

All, I started the conversion to bbb last night. I have a 28' x 48" round (18471 gals. according to Bleachcalc). Here's what I've done so far. My...

Here is my pool history. This is our 3rd season, Fiberglass IG pool 14K - 16 x 36, sand filter (300 lb) with heater, have always used peroxide...

Hi everyone..... I have searched, but cannot figure out what to do next. I am currently going from 0 CYA and have added 3 lbs with my former...

O.k. Thanks to all that have been helping so far. Please keep it coming. I haven't used the clorox outdoor yet, I bought it just in case, but I...

Hi everyone..... I have searched, but cannot figure out what to do next. I am currently going from 0 CYA and have added 3 lbs with my former...

Hi all, I've been reading a lot on PoolSolutions.com and these forums and I'm sold - I want to switch to the three B's this year. My pool was...

I'm a newbee here and am so intrigued by all of your info that we've decided to switch from the AWFUL baquacil which has almost caused a divorce for...