How much bleach to "Shock"?

[kevincad]

Arron,

Thanks! Will add the CYA and see where I'm at in few days! Can't wait for the Test Kit from Ben arrives....Ben? Sending yet?

NOTE: I have young kids, but my mind hasn't gone that much...yet...I realize there are 128oz in Gallon :-)....just realized I wrote 96oz instead of 196oz. :-)

One thing to remember, the granular CYA takes forever and a day to dissolve, so there is no sense in taking a CYA test until a few days have passed.

[Tcap]

Hi,
I agree that the CYA takes *FOREVER* to dissolve! Does anyone know if water temp. effects the time it takes to dissolve. I'm a newbie to pools and our 20x40 liner rectangle went in late in the season. I'm up in NH and the cover is off, but the pool is COLD - about 51 when we first opened on Friday and down to about 47 now. I was showing no CYA so I started adding some and keeping my PH at 7.8 and Cl up in the 10 range. Water is clear, still have some vaccuming to do but I can't get the CYA to disolve. I must have some because the Cl is stabalizing. I have it in a mesh bag in the skimmer basket so I can tell what's there. I have a SWG and want to get that going by the end of the week, but wanted to make sure everything else is balanced first. I've been using bleach to shock and maintain the Cl level for now.

Thanks!
Tracy

[mwsmith2]

Yes, colder water will take longer.

Michael