Thank you for the reply!


1. Think twice about using the Phos-free stuff. It will cloud your pool for days, and my guess is you are trying to open this weekend.

Yes we are being inspected tomorrow, and supposed to open Saturday morning. I however may be able to delay that 24-36 hours. Should I just take the phosfree back? I think they charged 42.00 a bottle for two small bottles.


2. If you have access to a Sams Club and can buy their PoolBrand dichlor 50lb buckets, I'd recommend buying (3) of those, and using dichlor to chlorinate AND add stabilizer. If you can do that, take the stabilizer back.

We do have a corporate account with Sam's, so I'm sure we can pick up the dichlor. I will just need some info to help persuade corporate that we need the dichlor since they already bought us 2 tons of calhypo. What are the benefits of initial shocking with dichlor opposed to calhypo? Would it be counterproductive to shock today with calhypo so we pass inspection tomorrow, then do a dichlor shocking?


3. If you also have access to cal hypo in 50 or 100lb buckets, I'd recommend using THOSE as a the primary source of chlorine (once you have used the dichlor). Cal hypo adds both chlorine AND calcium, so if you have access to cal hypo, take the calcium hardness back.

We get our calhypo in 100lb buckets, but it apparently is very cheap and doesn't dissolve well leaving a sludgy-sand type coating on the bottom of the floor. However, I already added one 50 pound bag of calcium hardness to the water, should i take the other bag back?


4. If they are selling you the sodium bicarbonate at less than $0.50/lb keep it, otherwise you can get it cheaper at Sams.

actually was 1.19/lb lol... but I took it back as we found 6 bags of it we had in chemical storage.


5. You need a K-2006C test kit PLUS an OTO kit for daily tests. If Walmarts in your area handle the HTH 6-way, I'd recommend buying (2) of those and (1) K-2006 for your testing.

I'll see what we can do in obtaining those, but it may not be possible. Corporate shipped us two test kits that use tablets and drops, but I don't recall the branding. They were used, but seem to work ok. I'll find out what they are and post later.


6. What is your daily swimmer load?

Varies fairly dramatically, anywhere from 30-60 on a weekday, to upward of 100-150 on the weekends.


7. Do you have health inspection on the pool?

Yes, monthly with the first being tomorrow. She wants the pool clear, presentable, and uses test strips to check ph and chlorine.



I got a test ran on our fill water from our pool supplier, I'll post the numbers here.


Free Chlorine - 0.7ppm
Total Chlorine - 1.8ppm
Combined Chlorine - 1.1ppm
pH - 6.9
Hardness - 184ppm
Alkalinity - 31ppm
Cyanuric Acid - 0ppm
Copper - 0ppm
Iron - 0ppm
Phosphate - 300ppb