bleach or h2o2 instead of chlorine?

[gerri]

What is Walmarts HDH 40 ?

I use the BBB method of maintaining my pool.. bleach, borax, baking soda. You can read about that on poolsolutions.com

[melifair]

Thanks for the responses! Watermom- you have been following this process of mine i think and answered so helpfully last time! So, given that Chlorine IS bleach - which is what i had suspected - is the quantity the man told me (6 litres a week) less then i would be advised to use of chlorine? In other words am i a bit less 'chemicalized' doing the litres of bleach thing as opposed to recommended chlorine strengths and doses? He was intimating that i would have a nearly chemical free pool!

And Gerri - I am no wiser as to what HDH 40 is then you! Something that kills algae though.....

Meanwhile - i'm off to read up on poolsolutions (the rest of my life has been on hold since getting this pool!)

[gerri]

Use the bleach calc at this link, based on your gallonage and strength of bleach...

http://home.earthlink.net/~mwsmith70...achCalc262.exe

That will get you started in the right direction.

Also read this thread:

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?t=1652

To learn about the BBB method.

Don't put peroxide or some unknown Walmart stuff in when you can have a perfect pool using BBB.

[melifair]

Thanks Gerri-
though -whoops- i couldn't get this link to open -

http://www.hal-pc.org/~mwsmith2/BleachCalc262.exe

it says 'Not found'...has it been changed or updated?

[waterbear]

H2O2 is not an EPA approved sanitizer....but is used with baquacil as the oxidizer or shock. By itself it will not sanitize your pool.
Here is the link to BleachCalc
Get BleachCalc 2.6.2 here:http://home.earthlink.net/~mwsmith70/data/BleachCalc262.exe

Chlorine is your best bet for a safe pool. Bleach is the form of chlorine most of the forum members use.

[gerri]

oops.. thanks Waterbear for correcting the bleach calc link. Sorry about that.