Water testing and left over trichlo

[Baketown]

I just entered my new test results. I dumped 4 jugs of bleach last night. I going to put in 4 more tonight. I have a cartridge filter, is it ok to be putting bleach directly in filter basket area or spread around pool? Seems as though I also need a feeder, any recommendations?

[PoolDoc]

I think the cartridge will be find, but if you like, just put one in the skimmer and the rest in the pool.

You need to continue with the 4 bottle doses daily, till you can hold chlorine overnight. After that, you'll need to achieved 15 - 20 ppm levels, in order to keep your pool algae free, given the CYA=250 level that you reported.

[Baketown]

New test!
It appears the chlorine is staying in better but pH is down and TA is up. Both CH and CYA are down slightly.
I will continue the 4 jugs regimen tonight. As for pH, it took 6 drops to bring the color to 7.5ppm. Should be adjusted before or after adding bleach to pool. Day or night?

[Watermom]

It doesn't matter if you add bleach first or Borax but you need to test your pH when the chlorine level is no higher than 10ppm. Otherwise, you'll get a false pH reading. (On kits other than Taylor kits, the pH test is only valid if the chlorine is no higher than 5ppm.)

[PoolDoc]

Keep in mind what your goals are:

1. Chlorine levels stable overnight.
2. PH between 7 & 8 all the time; for you with high CH, 7.2 - 7.6 would be good.

3. Once chlorine is stable overnight, you want to maintain FC levels that range between 5 & 10% of your CYA level (225).

[Baketown]

New results entered
Chlorine has stayed stable overnight. Unfortunately, with FC at 11ppm, based on your previous post I may be getting inaccurate pH readings.
I had pool at about 15ppm on FC, but chlorine odor was pretty strong. I figure 11-13 is a decent number with CYA levels where they are.

[PoolDoc]

There should not be any chlorine odor at 15 ppm UNLESS there's something in the water to still oxidize. As we speak, I have a heavily used 200,000 gallon local country club pool at 15 - 20 ppm FC . . . and the water is completely odorless.
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