bbb convert

Once i establish good levels and clear water , how much bleach is my pool gonna require weekly ? How often will i need to shock ? I also noticed some foam on top of the water and in the skimmer when i shut the pump off , any ideas whats up with that? T hanks again for the help.

How much bleach depends on too many factors to guess. CYA level, sunlight (intensity and time), number of swimmers, swimmers with suntan lotion, swimmers who think your pool is a potty, weather. Every pool is different.

You will get a good feel for it by testing daily and adjusting as necessary. Keep your FC in the normal range of Ben's Best Guess Chart for your CYA level and always above the minimum. If you're a little heavy handed one day, you'll see it when you test the next day and use a little less. Test and adjust more often when usage changes (like when you have a big pool party).

You don't need to shock on a schedule, only when you persistently have CC reading of 0.5ppm, or when there's a gastro-intestinal accident, or if there's algae(but you won't 'cause youve cleaned it all up and kept your FC high enough).

Foaming is usually the result of adding a cheap algaecide. Have you added anything like that lately?

Thanks Dave. Yes watermom I have added over 100 oz of algaecide per the pool store. I had no clue , just did as told. Its been about 3 weeks since that was added. Is there anything I can do ?

Just updating everyone! Our pool is clean again for around $200 . It was a swamp approximately 1 month ago and now its ready to swim,THANK YOU !!! pool forum peeps! Im adding 1 gallon of 6% wal mart bleach every other day. AWESOME!!!!!!

Thanks for the update!

Hi everyone ,just updating . Our pool is perfectly crystal clear using the bbb method . 1 gallon of bleach every other day and NOTHING ELSE!!!! I would have never believed it until i saw it. Thanks again to all those who make this forum possible!!!!!

Great to hear!

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Thanks and keep up the good work!