Help with starting new pool

[PoolDoc]

No, you don't have do another K2006 test.

As long as your pool is clear, just add a gallon of bleach each PM, till you work out a plan. Your pH is pretty low, so you should probably also add a box of borax -- slowly, to the skimmer, with the pump on.

Get a cheap OTO / phenol red kit for quick tests -- skip the bleach dose if the OTO test shows dark yellow or orange.

Meanwhile, you need to decide what's next. Dichlor is a chlorinating powder that adds 9 ppm stabilizer for every 10 ppm of chlorine. It's very soluble and easy to add, and is the basis (with borax) of the SS recipe. You can get it at Sams Club quite cheaply:

http://pool9.net/sams-dichlor24/
http://pool9.net/sam-dichlor50/

You *may* be able to find it at Home Depot, Lowes or Ace Hardware -- look for a dichlor that has at least 56% "available chlorine" and NO copper listed.

Eventually, you have to stop using dichlor, because your stabilizer will get too high. But for now, you can use it, along with borax, to maintain your pool.
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[rdefino]

So I have some supplies that came with the pool. Would like t use these up if possible.

I got:

2lb bag of PH Plus for Rainging Ph levels
http://www.buckmansinc.com/store/pH-...2-O4I_102.aspx

A box of "once a week" bottles that contain "sodium dicloro-s-trazinetrione" Available chlorine 35% . 2lbs bottles

It came with 4 bottles of this, and some grey big tablets that go in the filter.

Can i use any of this before buying other stuff?

thanks

[PoolDoc]

The soda ash should be OK, but you only need it if your pH goes below 7.0.

The other stuff? Not so much.

The diluted dichlor *may* be OK, if it has no copper. The grey tablets are something new for me. Can you provide EXACT maker and product names. Meanwhile, do NOT use those grey tablets.

[rdefino]

ok thanks. For the 2lb bag of soda ash, how should I add it and how much? Should I just add 1lb to the filter, or dilute on a bucket of water first.

[PoolDoc]

You can scatter it in the pool -- but unless your pH is low, don't do so!

[rdefino]

PH was 7.0, so should I use or is 7.0 ok?

[Watermom]

If I had a pH of 7.0 in my pool, I'd add a little to bump it up some. You're actually ok at 7.0 but never lower than that.