Vacation time what now?

[blessedbeingmom]

We just got back from vacation. We added a starting dose of Polyquat, then shocked (however, we didn't wait the 24 hours, as we didn't realize we should have until it was too late and we were about to leave). Mid week (4 days later) my DH's parents came by & put in about a gallon of bleach. Our pool is about 5000 gallons. We put a cover (with a vented area) over the pool, but it fell in while we were away. The purpose of the cover was supposed to help keep the chlorine from dissipating as fast. Nonetheless, we came home to a clear pool.

[Watermom]

Digger,
Shocking is just super-chlorinating. You can use bleach to shock. How high to shock to depends on your CYA level. Can you give us a current reading so we can verify how high you need to shock to? If you shock before you leave and have someone who can come and add some bleach every couple of days and run the pump for a few hours each day, you should be fine.