Quote Originally Posted by heymom1 View Post
Thank you for your answer. The algae is not visible this morning, so I guess the shock level is high enough. I will test all the levels myself today, and post the results. And keep adding bleach if I need more chl.

How do you deal with vacations if you are using just bleach added every night?
If you have a neighbor or nearby teenager that you can trust to pour a gallon in every couple of days or so, that's really the best way to deal with vacations. My down the street neighbor comes to my house daily to deal with my animals, anyway, so it's not a problem for her.

In the absence of someone reliable to stop by to put bleach in, you could shock it really well before you leave (if you're only going to be gone for a week and have a CYA of 100, then it would probably take a week for your chlorine levels to come back down. Or you can buy a floater and put cal-hypo pucks in it for a slow constant chlorine feed.

Janet