I have been testing regular and until yesterday saw no need to add chlorine. I have been watching the FC fall from 6 at about a point a day till it hit 2.5 and decided to add some stabilized tabs through the floating chlorinator. My purpose here is to figure out how to set the chlorinator to keep the pool chlorinated at a steady level for purposes of extended times away from home. My CYA is at 35 so I can afford to use some of the stabilized tabs and I am watching the levels for any signs of increased levels. As soon as I figure out the settings for the chlorinator Im switching to bleach. Im hoping to be able to cover the pool while I am away with the pump running and the floating chlorinator loaded to keep the pool going for a couple of weeks. Am I just barking at the moon with this plan or what? I just have to be away sometimes. If this is not possible ahen any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My alk=50 and the pH seems stable at 7.2 and CL=3 up from 2.5 over 2 days of the floating chlorinator at work. I have very little sun on the pool during the day. About 2 hours is all. My CL drops about a point a day it seems with CC=.5 or less. I only get a hint of pink with one drop clearing it. Does anyone make pucks without stabilizer in them? I dont know what I will do if CYA gets too high to use the pucks when Im away. Is there any reason that I should be concerned about the CC=0.5? It seems to be slowly disapating but traces still there. Any thoughts about covering up for 2 weeks at the time while running the pump would be appreciated.