12 x 30 pool - Super Easy questions

[Watermom]

Sorry you haven't gotten a reply. We have been swamped with new members! Can you post current numbers since yours are a couple days old? What all have you added to the pool?

Welcome to the Pool Forum!

[PoolDoc]

Lower the pH below 8.2 before you swim.

The problem with pH levels outside the kit range is that they don't mean that your pH is those numbers; they mean your pH is that number OR higher/lower. In other words, a pH result of 8.2 could mean your pH is really 8.2 OR 10.0!

. . . membership updated.

(WaterMom is right. Normally registrations drop off a lot after July 4th, and we focus on existing members. That hasn't happened. I have no idea why.)

[sigep739]

The good news is I started adding dichlor last evening. pH has become more stubborn (before I got the dichlor, actually)... it wants to hover around 7.0. So not terrible -and I think I am going to conquer that.

Anyway - my real issue is that the dichlor seemed to bleach the bottom of the liner where I dropped it in last night. I wasnt running the pump. SO I am probably a dummy all together. Should I be mixxing it with a bucket first - or just spreading it evenly as much as I can?

Thanks!

[PoolDoc]

Sorry about that - yours is the first report I recall of an Intex pool bleaching -- doesn't mean it hasn't happened before, but I don't recall it. I was hoping that those pools had chlorine resistant dyes on the liners.

Yes, though: get a clean bucket or garbage paile, scoop out a few gallons of pool water, add the dichlor, and then pour it back in.

But, it's ALWAYS better to have the pump running during, and for at least an hour after, chemical additions.

[sigep739]

Thanks... Appreciate the tip. I have a small hole in my liner that is def not a result of the dichlor... Intex isn't greatest company on returns. But amazon is- so I'll have a new one early next week and time to start from scratch.

In the mean time, I've patched it.

Somethingn tells me this may be never ending. Haha

[PoolDoc]

A 12 x 30 is pretty much a starter pool. If you like it, and learn to use it, you (and your family) will probably enjoy a bigger one next year. The very small pools are actually harder to do well than the ones with 5,000 gallons or more. But, if you make a mistake with a 1 - 2K gallon pool it's a lot easier (and cheaper) to dump and start over.

[gabrieldaigle]

I too have had sections of the bottom of my pool get bleached by dichlor. Will start with the bucket tonight so the bottom doesn't get any worse.

The good news is I started adding dichlor last evening. pH has become more stubborn (before I got the dichlor, actually)... it wants to hover around 7.0. So not terrible -and I think I am going to conquer that.

Anyway - my real issue is that the dichlor seemed to bleach the bottom of the liner where I dropped it in last night. I wasnt running the pump. SO I am probably a dummy all together. Should I be mixxing it with a bucket first - or just spreading it evenly as much as I can?

Thanks!

[PoolDoc]

OK. I'll add 'mix before using' notes to the SSR.

@gabrieldaigle: Do you know how much you added at one time? Was your pump running at the time?

[gabrieldaigle]

Ben,

I never put more than a half cup of Dichlor and usually spread it throughout the pool. It has led to bleach spots in multiple areas of the pool. Also I always have the pump running whenever I put any chemicals in the pool.