Fast Chlorine Dissipation

[JohnT]

I'm surprised that the chlorine dissipates so fast. I shocked last night with 2lbs of Calcium Hypochlorite, and at 5pm today the test strips shows 0.5ppm of free chlorine. Is this normal?

Even if you had shocked at full strength, it still would have been consumed by the next evening. Cleaning up a pool uses a lot of chlorine. If you can find sodium hypochlorite/liquid shock/pool bleach at a pool store for a reasonable price, that will be your easiest chlorine source. Failing that, plain old unscented laundry bleach will work fine, you'll just have a bunch of empty jugs to get rid of. You need to get a better test method and start checking and adding chlorine as required at least twice a day, better 3 or 4 times a day to speed the process along.

[rqbanerjee]

Alright, Thanks! It is clearing up, just not that fast. The chlorine dissipates at a much slower rate now. I've also got the alkalinity and stabilizer at the proper levels.

I'll just keep shocking the hell out of it. Thanks!