Follow up question: why then have I read on these forums that pools with higher cya levels need to keep higher than normal minimum fc levels to remain sanitized? Doesn't the stabilizer continue to release the CL as it's needed until there is no more CL in the pool? If it does so when reacting to dye, why not with contaminants?
While I am not a chemist, I can hold my own in the math/science departments. The details of the chemistry above were beyond me but I still find all of this very fascinating!