Stabilizer question

Hello! We just filled our pool with water on Friday. I used a sequestrant to isolate any metals from our water. I then shocked the next day with liquid chlorine. I had the water tested, made the appropriate adjustments, and then that night, Saturday, I inserted our first Frog Bac Pac (I know, I know.... BBB- for us, we want to try some simplicity as we will be gone several weeks this summer). Anyway, knowing that the Frog uses tri-chlor I'm afraid to add stabilizer when I don't ever want to fight the stablizer battle of having too much down the road. My problem is that I don't have a chlorine reading at all. I understand that stablizer is meant to give the chlorine something to hold onto. My question is: should I go ahead and put some stabilzer in the water now so that my chlorine has something to hang onto? If I don't add stabilizer, how long will it take to get a CYA (and chlorine)reading just by using the Frog and a floater with 3" tabs in it?

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Originally Posted by scsteven

If I don't add stabilizer, how long will it take to get a CYA (and chlorine)reading just by using the Frog and a floater with 3" tabs in it?

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It'll take too long. You need to add a starter dose of CYA ( suggest targeting approx. 20 ppm, then use your pucks to increase the CYA 'til you get it where you want it. Until the CYA dissolves (can take a week or so), you'll still have to add chlorine daily to make sure that your pool stays clean.

Janet

Jan is right. You're going to need to add some stabilizer and 20 is a good beginning level if you are going to then use trichlor. The only thing I will add is that I think for the first few days or maybe even up to a week, you should probably check your chlorine level a couple of times a day. You may find that at first you may need to add bleach a couple of times a day until the stabilizer gets dissolved.

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I will do!