Is 60 oz liquid chlorine per day standard for a 9,000 gall pool

[smallpooldad]

Aylad thank you for your reply.

FC and TC are the same, therefore no CC, so I will start raising it by 5 ppm until I can get it to hold.

What do think the daily reduction should be in ppm?

Will advise when it holds, this may help others in Hawaii.

[Watermom]

I don't usually disagree with Carl and Jan, but I don't think it is that unusual to lose 3ppm in a day. Especially if it is really hot and sunny. I, too, will sometimes lose 3 in a day with cya around 35-40. Of course, as they suggested, you can try and raise your cya some and see if that helps.

[smallpooldad]

Thank you Watermom.

I am raising it to 50 as of this evening (Saturday 9pm - Hawaii Time).

I will advise you all of the results in 5 days; this gives it some time to establish continuity.

Aloha

[VOLDADDY]

I wouldn't mind having that problem if I could live in Hawaii! [green with envy]

[CarlD]

Thank you Watermom.

I am raising it to 50 as of this evening (Saturday 9pm - Hawaii Time).

I will advise you all of the results in 5 days; this gives it some time to establish continuity.

Aloha

I hope it's not a vinyl lined pool--you are risking damaging the liner pushing FC to 50ppm. About the highest you can go is 25ppm but only if the stabilizer level (CYA) is over 100ppm.

[Watermom]

Carl, I think he meant he was raising the cya to 50, not the FC.

[CarlD]

Carl, I think he meant he was raising the cya to 50, not the FC.

Oops! Yeah, raising CYA to 50ppm is a reasonable strategy...Sorry...My Bad!

[mwsmith2]

A while back, Ben had mentioned keeping higher CYA levels for pools using bleach to avoid frequent additions. 50 ppm CYA may not be enough to do what you want, you may have to end up closer to 60 - 80 (!) to be able to hold the Cl. I know with my pool, even with keeping the CYA in the 40's once the sun starts beating on it all day, it will kill off the Cl pretty good. Wasn't that unusual for me to lose about 2 ppm/day.

Keep us posted on how it goes.

Michael

[smallpooldad]

Once again thank you for all the replies and concerns.

Yes the pool is gunite and the CYA level is being raised to 50 ppm.

And as far as Hawaii goes, recently due to the world climate change we have noticed a few clouds in the sky so we are thinking of moving! Or maybe we should just drink a few extra Mai Tais!

Aloha