Quote Originally Posted by peggles0224
whoops i forgot. We also put a 1/2 gallon of algeacide in our 8,500 gallon pool.
Best of luck on your conversion. Pool water will never look better!

Please find the bottle of algaecide and post the ingredients. Sure hope it wasn't copper.

1. Do you have a drops based test kit? If not, WalMart has a 5 way or 6 way for about $15. If you can't get one, have pool store do water testing, BUT DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM!!! Tell them you have friends who've converted and you're taking advice from them.

2. While you're at WalMart, pick up about 15 3qt jugs of WalMart generic bleach. Bottle should state 6% sodium hypochlorite.

3. If algaecide WAS NOT copper based, start adding the bleach. Read all the conversion posts to aquaint yourself to what you'll be needing to do, and what to expect. One jug of bleach will raise your chlorine approx 5ppm. With no stabilizer in the water, you'll most likely need to keep your chlorine up around 12-15ppm, AND KEEP IT THERE until it holds overnight. Test your water at least 3x/day (if possible) and add more bleach if necessary.

4. Run filter 24/7, backwash when pressure rises 10psi.

Good luck and hope this helps.

CaryB
Caniac