New to Chlorine, was in baquacil hell, any advice please

[sevver]

Yes, regular bleach is the ticket. The problem with Baquacil though is the "goo" that it puts in your filter. You need to get all of that out. What type of filter do you use? You need to clean it out.

[coadysmom]

We do not have a sand filter, we have a Haywayd that you put powder in. My husband has been dealing with the pool but this last baqaucil episode really ticked him off so I am trying to help out. That's why I'm not too proficient with the pool lingo and the equipment we have. Is there a tool or equaition that I can use to help me figure out how much bleach to add?

Thank you again for your help!!

[sevver]

You can download a program called BleachCalc and it will tell you how much bleach to add, among alot of other great things. It comes configured for metric measurements, but you can change the settings in the top somewhere. You can also see at the top that you can calculate the gallons of your pool, which you will need to enter in to get the correct bleach content.

Once your bleach stays overnight, you should take the DE filter apart and clean it, and put new DE in it.

Here is a nice summary: click me!

[GraceByDesign]

Here is the link to BleachCalc
Get BleachCalc 2.6.2 here:http://home.earthlink.net/~mwsmith70...achCalc262.exe

Download this handy progran to calculate your pool's needs. You can click More calcs and settings to change from Metric to Imperial to get US gallons.

ETA: Sevver beat me to it!

[Watermom]

I would also suggest going to the sister site to this forum and reading. www.poolsolutions.com

Welcome to the forum!