Quote Originally Posted by PoolKid View Post
Hey, No worries Chuck :P

Question, Now when do i start using the floater for chlorine?

The pool in clear now, so am i good to stop using the bleach?
Big No to both.
The pucks you put in the floater contain CYA (stabilizer). If we're to believe the numbers you got from the pool store, you've got plenty of CYA (70) and shouldn't add any more. You can't easily reduce it if you get too much. No floater, and no pucks.

Chlorine (Clorox) is your friend for life. This goes back to the need for the FAS-DPD test. It's the only one that'll measure both components, Free Chlorine (FC) and Combined Chloromines (CC). You'll want to know your FC by testing regularly (daily, until you know your pool's needs better) and add Clorox to maintain a certain level.

You'll want to know CC because that tells whether the chlorine's actively fighting something, and whether you may need to shock it.

I haven't run the numbers but I'll ballpark that you're going to need one of those 1.48 gallon jugs of Clorox a week in the summer. But that's just a guess. You need to test to find out what you really need. I just want to give you some idea of the costs.

C.