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    Default Re: No Chlorine at all in pool...

    I think you went a little overboard with the liquid chlorine. 10 gallons of 10% l would have added about 43ppm of chlorine. See what you have in the morning.

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    Default Re: No Chlorine at all in pool...

    Thanks for all the replies keep them coming! I have to go to work but I did quick aquachek test strip and FC is very dark purple. PH is a little. TA and CYA seem good. Will do a test with K2006 when i get home. Using the drops for FC and not getting the sample to turn clear means I got alot of chlorine in there? I added over 100 drops and it wasn't turning at all.

    I guess whatever was going on is gone since I put alot of liquid chlor in? Should I let the chlorine come down a little now over the next few days on its own?

    The 2 gallon bucket test has no FC in it.

    I did test for ammonia before dumping chlorine in and it was 0. How long until this chlorine goes down? Its sunny here today and I left filter on all night.

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    Just got home and did a quick test strip again and according to that thing are in line except chlorine is high but alot less dark purple than it was. Pool absolutely looks fantastic.

    My question what do I use to maintain chlorine in the pool? Should I continue with the trichlor pucks in floater? I'd like to stick with liquid chlorine to shock. Not gonna use powder anymore after I use up my last 3 bags.

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    I guess I had algae on my walls even though I had been shocking and scrubbing walls I could never get them clean because those walls now look super clean. Ammonia levels were 0 before I chlorinate bombed the pool. Phosphate level is rather high around 400. I just put a liter of pool perfect with phos free in skimmer. Gonna let it run for 48 hours. Pressure is around 24 so I may have to backwash. Gonna post a Taylor reading in a little bit.
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    Default Re: No Chlorine at all in pool...

    When you post your numbers, be sure that CYA is one of them. Whether or not you can continue to use the trichlor pucks depends on what your CYA level is.

    I wish you hadn't added the Phos Free. I'm going to encourage you not to add any additional stuff to the water unless you run it past us first here on the forum. Most of the time, what pool stores tell you to add is not needed and often makes a mess of your water. I'm pretty certain you didn't need the Phos Free. I've never seen a pool yet that did.

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    Ok. I have the aquachek strips for Phosphates that where I got the number. So I put my polaris in and it must be kicking up some dust cause the pool is getting cloudy or is it the phosfree?

    Taylor results:
    FC 5
    CC .04
    PH 7.2
    CYA 41

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    Tested FC again cause I'm paranoid and like using this Taylor test kit. FC has went down to 2.2 from 5 in a matter of under 2 hours! I'm afraid I'm gonna lose it all by tomorrow morning! Should put more liquid in?
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    Default Re: No Chlorine at all in pool...

    Yeah. Put another couple of a gallons of bleach in, but wait till 7 or 8 pm.

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    Default Re: No Chlorine at all in pool...

    Well I got 2 gallon of liquid chlorine left 10% should I just use 1 gallon of that. Don't have bleach. I also have 3lbs of cal hypchl left too.
    20 yr old 23K gal concrete pool; DE filter; PF:5

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    Default Re: No Chlorine at all in pool...

    Sure. You can use the 10% or you can use some cal-hypo since you have a concrete pool and your calcium hardness level is only 160. (200-400 is the suggested range.) Either way will work.

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