Quote Originally Posted by JSMANNING0001 View Post
I did buy 1" chlorinating tabs. It says kills bacteria and controls algae... Janet told me to get Tri-chlor tabs... I found those tabs and got them because it says trichloro-s-triazinetrione 99.%..... Is this right?
Yes, those are trichlor tabs. You'll do better to put them in a floater, because if you hang them from a sock next to your liner, you're going to get fading of the liner from the acidity of the tabs. Also, I would remove them from the pool while swimming so that you don't accidentally swim into a pocket of concentrated trichlor, which would be very uncomfortable, and possibly damaging, to your eyes.

You did a good thing by testing your pH and adding acid accordingly, not just blindly following the pool store's advice. That's what we're trying to teach people here to do. Good job!

I agree with Carl, though--get some chlorine of some type into that pool ASAP before you end up with an algae bloom!!

Janet