vacation--how much bleach

[rhosk]

How long will you be away and what is your CYA level?

[poolhelp101]

i will be gone 5 days and my cya level is 50

[rhosk]

Ah, 5 days, not too long. There are still MANY variables that we don't know (location [sunny, rainy, cloudy], cover?, recent chem. balance problems, etc...). Can a neighbor put a gallon or so every other day until you return? I wouldn't recommend pucks as your CYA is at the border according to recomends here. Even if your chlorine goes to nil for a day or two, it shouldn't hurt it (if no problems currently and water is clear).

[poolhelp101]

no 5 days not long, actually not a vacation, father having surgery. but i do have some water problems that developed....i have posted that here under the title "swim after bleach" the water is still a slight blue, slight cloudy water (just can't seem to get that cleared up) ph 7.5, chlorine 5.0, ta 180. no neighbor to add the bleach. live in kentucky, weather has been cool the past week, expected to be 80-85, rain expected only one day while i am gone. i do have a heater and vinyl liner

[rhosk]

Well, if it were me, I'd take my chlorine to @10-12, then go. If you can run your filter while you're gone, great. If not, run it for a few hours before leaving, you should be fine. Who knows, maybe your water will be better when you get back.

Hope everything goes well.

[Watermom]

You will probably be fine. You could always throw in a dose of polyquat 60% algaecide as another preventative. Or not. The worse that could happen is that you come home to some algae. If that happens, we can help you clear it up. Not the end of the world. Fathers are more important.

[poolhelp101]

thank you. i have what's called back-up algacide, bioguard product i had bought before i found this forum and starting using bleach...is that okay to use the back up algacide instead of the polyquat? also, do i need to add enough bleach to get to shock level before i go? thank you very much for your help