Baquacil to Chlorine conversion speed

[b2001]

I've got a 14,000 gallon AG vinyl pool. I partially drained my pool to get my baquacil level down to 15 ppm before starting conversion - and I'm not necessarily recommending draining - and it took me 4 days and 30 gallons of bleach to convert to a clear pool. I ran my cartridge filter 24/7 during that period and had to continuously clean the filter - several times a day. I also use a sock on my skimmer basket and that caught a lot of the baquacil crap that precipitated out, and I had to clean the sock several times a day.

You need to keep the chlorine level as close to shock level as possible until it clears - read my "weekend baquacil conversion" post for advise that I was given. One of the posters on that thread, as well as many other posts, mwsmith2, or something like that, has a bleach and chemical calculator that you can use to determine the proper amounts to add to your pool. There's plenty of advise on other test kits to get if you can't wait for Ben's kit - you need to have some idea of where your fc is at prior to bringing it back up to shock level - with no cya, I didn't go over 15 ppm.

I think Ben's kit goes for about $65 or so - look at poolsolutions.com to order it.

It's been almost two months and my pool has been crystal clear with no hint of algae.