Please move this post as necessary -- it's a response to waterbear's, above.
I'm pretty sure I don't have "magic" cyanuric acid yet my experience is that when the cya is added to the skimmer it dissolves very quickly (I define "very quickly" as 10 minutes or less). Typically 2 lbs of cya is weighed out and then poured into a gallon or two of warm (90 degree F.) water, stirred up to make a slurry, then poured into the skimmer all at once with the basket in place, 75-100% suction. It's immediately evident in the pump basket but dissipates at the same rate as that in the skimmer.
I find it a bit disconcerting that my experience would seem to contradict the reports of so many others.
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