Quote Originally Posted by lskeate
Before we left town, we added the 7 gallons of bleach, and set the pool to filter 12 hours a day. Came home last night and it looks beautiful. Took water to the pool store and these are the numbers:
FC - >10
TC - >10
CC - 0.0
pH 7.8
Hardness 180
Alkalinity (w/stab correction) 122
Cyanuric acid 95
Pool girl told me the combined chlorine number is insignificant because their equipment will only measure to 10? So I came home, diluted with distilled water and wild guess has it at about 15. I'm willing to order Ben's test kit but I can't get a feel for how long it will take to receive it. I realize our stabilizer level is high, but it's been a week and the chlorine levels just creep down. What's the reason?

Also, for now I want to deal with higher chlorine counts as opposed to doing a partial drain, unless you wise people advise otherwise. Should I be doing anything now besides enjoying the water? Thanks for your help.

Hey I ordered Ben's kit on Monday and it is scheduled for delivery tomorrow!

I've had the same blue cloudy water, except I have a little mustard algea problem. Bleach, bleach, bleach, acid, borax, baking soda, etc.. It's all starting to work. Hang in there-these guys are good. Oh yeah I also added Yellow treat for the algea..... Good luck!