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    Hello again,
    According to the pool builder and pebbletec Corp. the stableizer should be maintained between 35–90 with 75 being ideal, and I will be sure not to use anymore of those packs of shock quickor any other product that might add to the calcium hardness, anything you may know of that might reduce calcium hardness besides draining pool? I checked the chlorine level again this morning and it seems to know holding but with nothing to gage from I am only guessing, I think for right now I will wait until the chlorine level gets down to around 3 ppm then restart the chlorine generator and see if it will hold it there.
    Yea I did skim through CYA/Chlorine chart, maybe there are different standards here in Southern California, I have been keeping chlorine levels at around 3.0 ppm for years and with no problems what so ever, and according to directions on the box of chlorine that I bought the other day are to maintain 1.0 ppm to 3.0 ppm chlorine in unstabilized pools and 1.0 ppm to 1.5 ppm in stabilized pools, also says after shocking (DO NOT enter pool until residual is less than 4 ppm) do yawl disagree with these Southern California standards? If I was to go into Leslie’s swimming pool supplies here in Thousand Oaks with a chlorine level of even as high as 4 ppm they will try to sell me a product that will lower chlorine in the pool quickly. Thanks again for all of your help.
    Oneguy Chuck

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    We totally disagree with that. If your CYA is higher and you don't keep your chlorine in the range per the chart, you will ultimately end up with algae. We see this all the time. People come on the forum and tell us that they have always used the tabs and have always kept their chlorine between 1-3 (or whatever) and now all of a sudden, they can't hold a chlorine reading or are getting algae and they can't figure out why has always worked is no longer working.

    The reason is simple. They have let their CYA build up to levels that get to a point where it takes higher chlorine levels to keep the pool sanitized and algae-free. But, they don't (and most of the pool stores don't either) understand that chart. Plus, think about it. What incentive does a pool store, who is in business to make money, have to give good advice that makes pools basically maintenance-free? What would that do to their sales?

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    Oneguy,

    Honestly, I don't think you're ready for the PoolForum yet. I believe you'd be much more comfortable following the labels, and doing what the pool stores tell you to do.

    Once you get tired of doing things their way -- and some people never do; you may be one of those -- come back. I'll delete your account, so you can see the entire forum, rather than being restricted to just the Getting Started section with other new registrants.

    You can search the forum simply by using Google, and adding " site:poolforum.com " to your Google search.

    Good luck!

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