I have a 16X40 IG pool, about 25,000 gallons. The liner went in Tuesday night and it took nearly two days to fill it. (This is in metro Atlanta. It'll be near 90 today, but my pool's in the shade).

I shocked the pool with 15 quarts of bleach.

To adjust the initial ph and alkalinity, I added borax and baking soda. I'm still adjusting. I added a tri-c puck for stabilizer.

My numbers this morning:

ph - 7.5
alk - 40
fc - 6 ppm
cc - 0
tc - 6 ppm
cya - (before the addition of a 3-inch puck)

Questions:

1) How much stabilizer will I get out of a 3-inch puck?

2) How much more baking soda should I add to increase the alk - and about what should my target alk be: 100 ppm? Last year my alk was about 150 and ph stayed at about 7.5

3) Am I past the shocking stage? That is, once I've established enough stabilizer to maintain my bleach, can I just add enough bleach to keep my FC sufficient or do I need to shock for longer?


Thanks,

Z