I went to the Pool Store this morning and bought the Keetrol and a drop test kit (I think that is what ya'll called it). The only one they had tested the chlorine and pH. After testing this morning and the pH was 7.0 and the chlorine was still 0, I poured the Keetrol directly into the pool and 2 gals of bleach into the skimmer. I went back and tested again this afternoon. Everthing read IDEAL (yah) on the drop based test. So I decided to check with the strips just to see how off they were and they still showed the lowest end of the colors. Needless to say they went in the trash.
Can I now put chl tabs in the skimmer or should they be put directly into the water?