Pool Help/Advice for new pool owner

[aylad]

Is it ok to start with the bleach? How many gallons per evening would you add? (Note: I have a 7k gallon pool).

Just to make sure I am following you, If I add one pound of cyanuric acid into a 7,000 gallon pool, it would raise my CYA as followed:

120,000/7,000 = 17.14, so my CYA level would raise 17.14 ppm ????






Also, confused on the bleach, so 1 gallon of 6% bleach will raise a 12k pool 10 ppm ???

120,000/x = 10ppm so.... x = 12,000 gallons.

You said that 1 lb of cyanuric acid = 1ppm, how much does a gallon or quart weigh?

One pound of CYA in a 7K gallon pool will raise your CYA by just over 17 ppm, so you've got that one right. However, 1 gallon of 6% bleach in 12K gallons will raise your FC by 5 ppm. One gallon of 6% bleach in a 7K gallon pool will raise your chlorine by approx. 8.5 ppm.

One gallon of water weighs approx. 8.4 pounds....

[Watermom]

Maybe he is asking how much a gallon or a quart of CYA weighs? However, CYA is sold by the lb. not by gallons or quarts.

[Wraypau]

I dug my hole to 4 ft. Water filled it so that it is only 2 ft deep. Looks like I will be putting the bleach to it. Thanks for all the help.

[PoolDoc]

Water filled it so that it is only 2 ft deep. Looks like I will be putting the bleach to it.

That would be a "big 10-4", unless you want a pool-shaped concrete boat in your back yard!