Quote Originally Posted by southside View Post
The only suggestion I have on your wonderful "recipe" is to include dose equivalents for smaller pools. Mine is 12x36 and holds almost 1800 gallons, but your chart starts at 2500 gallons.
I'll have to think about that. I may need to make a second page, for pools under 2500 gallons. When gallons get really low, the 'pool' starts acting more like a spa, than a pool. This happens because there are fewer gallons per person. With small pools, regular draining and refilling probably needs to be a part of the recipe. Also, it's harder to 'store' enough chlorine in a pool, when it's really small, to be able to take care of 2 or 3 people's 'goop'. In turn, that requires a different dosing strategy.

Trichlor is fine, so long as you pay attention to your pH levels, which will tend to drop. Just use borax to keep them above 7.2, and you'll be OK.