clorox

[Watermom]

I agree with everything Carl said above (as usual) except that you sometimes can buy cya at someplace like Walmart, Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. It may be labeled as stabilizer or conditioner. Check the ingredient label and if it says cyanuric acid or isocyanuric acid, it is the right stuff.

Watermom

[muundance]

I have a fiberglass pool, 10,000 gallons. The pool store told us not to use clorox in it, due to staining. Is this true? Also, would the above chemical standards be the same for my pool?

[JohnT]

I have a fiberglass pool, 10,000 gallons. The pool store told us not to use clorox in it, due to staining. Is this true?

Absolutely not! The pool store has the exact same thing in jugs labeled "Liquid Shock", just more concentrated.

[muundance]

Thank you! How much chlorine do I use for a 10,000 gal. pool and how often? I have another question. I just accidentally had to refill about 1/3 of my pools water. The color is still green after adding floculant and vacuuming to waste. What do I need to do now? When the water was low, I noticed that the walls were brown stained. Could this be causing the green color, since we've shocked it 3 times since opening it? Also, do pool stores always manually test water with tablets? I thought they used a machine, but was surprised to see them doing a lot of manual testing.