Alternatives to chlorine. How to use PHMB (Baquacil). How to recover from using it
___________________________________________ All the Chlorine Alternatives (that I've heard about) ( currently, this is just a reminder to me of...
______________________________________________ FAQs & Guides: Chlorine Alternatives ______________________________________________ Chlorine...
It's now a full season after converting from Baquacil to a salt water chlorine generation system, so I thought I would post my results here. I...
Hi pool forum - I have a 10,000 gal above ground pool with vinyl liner that has used baqaucil since it was built approximately 9-10 years ago. the...
Newbie here, Looking for advise on UV water cleaner for a saltwater pool. I have never had a problem with algae or anything else until we got a Lab...
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...
I have spent less time and money taking care of (and worrying about) my pool than when I was on Baq and everything I have read here is working for...
In April of 2005 we bought an above ground pool for our son. Before that we had a blow up 16ft pool for two years. We'd used the evil chlorine...
Hello, newbie pool owner here!! We have a 33' round AG pool (28,000 gallons) with a 1.5 HP Hayward pump and Swimpro Voyager Cart Filter. It has an...
Since we only have the Walmart test kit it's hard to feel secure that we're finished with our conversion. Our water's been perfectly clear for two...
We are running out of places to get a good Baquacil water test done. We are looking for a kit(other than the test strips) that is it easy enough for...
As there isn't much on the interent regarding Baquacil and these symptoms and how to fix it I thought I'd start a new thread which hopefully will...
I preface this with thanks for the info on the conversion process. Mine took place late June and only went to a clear-green color before eliminating...
After struggling for a six weeks this summer with cloudy water again, I found this forum and started dumping bleach in the pool yesterday around...
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 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...
I've never had a pool before. I don't know how long the previous owners used Baquacil. I went to the same pool store they used and opened the pool...
Hi Folks, I am fairly new to this site but have been reading thru a host of posts on this forum and I can't seem to find all the right steps to...
Hi all, I just wanted to let you know that I have completed my conversion process from Baquacil to Chlorine. All in all, the process wasn't as bad as...
Help! Please....I've started the conversion process to chlorine. I have an ag 18X48" vinyl which holds 7647 gallons. I've added 12 lbs. of...
I am in the Process of converting from Baquacil to Bleach. So far i have the levels all correct. But the water is cloudy and the water has what look...
Hi! Please bear with me. I bought a used portable hot tub. It is a couple years old, and supposedly only used for one year. The owner has...
My family installed an above ground pool (18' round x 52") approximately three weeks ago. About 2-3 days after adding the initial doses of the...
Hi - newbie here and help would be much appreciated. We just bought a house in the Winter with a 20,000gal IG pool (fiberglass/vinal liner) and a...
I've been using Baq since I purchased our pool several years ago and am tired of fighting it. CLOUDY, SNOTTY, ALGAE AND COST. Can someone explain...
I read on your Baquacil to chlorine article: "step 3. Add four pounds of Pool Breeze(tm) Non-Chlorine Shock Treatment per 10,000 gallons of pool...
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...
I used Baquacil last year in my 24x52 above ground pool. This year I am switching to chlorine. I used nothing to winterize the pool just shut it...
I have used Baquacil for 2 seasons and I'm done. Could not get water clear last year and started noticing pink slime also suffered too much sticker...
About a month ago (prior to site crash/rebuild) I read a TON of information on B2B (Baquacil to Bleach). It helped me a ton (i think), and i would...
I've found 2 different procedures to perform this conversion. One suggests starting with non-chlorine shock (pool store recommended, too). The...
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