New Pool, should I go with chlorine

[Rick72050]

By all means go with chlorine. My wife talked me into the baquicrap 3 yrs ago and believe me it has been nothing but a nightmare. Spent at least $3,000 on that junk and still had green jello for water. Finally drained it and cleaned the bottom and sides with power washer and vacuumed every once of water out then refilled and am now using the BBB method. Wife is still convinced the pool store is the only place to buy things but I figure if I'm the one taking care of the pool I will do it my way from now on. So, if everyone here is wrong and things turn out badly I sure hope someone out there has a place for me to hide in--preferably someplace in the rockies or hawaii.

[gerri]

I can guarantee that you don't go wrong with BBB. I've heard nothing good about baq, only nightmares with it. My water is fantastic using BBB and the tips on this forum. We had a pool party today and everyone commented on how beautiful the pool is.

[CarlD]

If you follow the simple rules, it won't turn out bad. You just have to stay on top of your water's condition.

That means daily chlorine and pH testing--and adjusting anything that's off target immediately. It means once-a-week testing of FC, CC, pH, T/A, CYA, and CH (if you have concrete/plaster).

You replace knowledge with guess work and use only what you need.