How Much Bleach To Shock A 24' Round AG Pool?

[Kathi]

How much bleach does it take to shock a 24' ag pool? We had some leaves in the bottom of our pool at start-up and my husband had to get in to get them out with the net because our leaf "catcher" broke last year....sooo...we are dealing with a somewhat cloudy pool now...but I know it won't be long until the "green slime" comes and then we get to battle the algae...hopefully I can hit it before it starts...I found a vacuum today that I am going to use to scrub the walls and steps with...thanks for reading...

[PoolDoc]

A 24 round x 52" will hold about 13,500 gallons; if it's 48", it will hold about 12,500. You were probably told more than that, because AG pool companies figure volume at the 'running over the sides' level. Anyhow, the pool industry has no particular definition for what it means to "shock a pool", so I can't answer that question.

But, I can tell you that each gallon of PLAIN 6% household bleach (watch out for the 3% bleach sold by Dollar General and others) will add about 6 ppm of chlorine to a 12,500 gallon pool and about 5 to a 13,500 gallon pool. If your pool has algae, a reasonable dose would be 2 gallons of 6% each EVENING, till no algae is left.

For more information, read the "Best Guess" page (linked in my signature). If you want to take care of your pool yourself, and not buy all the pool store goop, read the test kit page (also linked in my sig), since you'll need both an OTO kit, and a K2006.