I'm confused

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That's good to know. Funny, you see it for sale as shock, everywhere, but that warning is not very obvious.
I plan on keeping it in clean dry 5 gallon buckets that have rubber lid seals. I also was going to put in some of those moisture control packets. (I bought some for another reason)
But, I did not know about the oil or soda danger.

[CarlD]

That's good to know. Funny, you see it for sale as shock, everywhere, but that warning is not very obvious.
I plan on keeping it in clean dry 5 gallon buckets that have rubber lid seals. I also was going to put in some of those moisture control packets. (I bought some for another reason)
But, I did not know about the oil or soda danger.

Yeah, that's why Wal-Mart stopped carrying the good stuff--the 68% and pushed HTH to supply them only with 48%--junk. WallyWorld had a warehouse either burn down or get badly damaged from mis-handled Cal-Hypo causing a fire.

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I've been using the bleach calculator. How do you calculate for the powder?

One more question, every spring I clean out hundreds of dead worms. I have a powered cover and use water bags to weight the open end. But, the quantity of dead worms is amazing. My guess is I could fill a quart jar with them. Some I skim off the top as floaters, the rest I have to clean out of the pump strainer after I vacuum the pool. I still can't see the bottom, so I know there are more there after I cleaned last night. I don't think I have anymore algae, but the pool is still very cloudy. Is this why?

After I fixed the valve, I vacuumed the pool to waste and added 5 gallons of bleach. This morning the test results are:

temp -72
FC -1
TC -2.5
ph - 6.8
cya - 0 because I haven't added any, I'm returning the Leslies and going to use the commercial stuff later today.

I'm going to add 7 gallons of bleach this morning and hope some will still be there this afternoon when I get home.

[Jeffski]

Someone here said applying crushed limestone in the grass around your pool will keep the worms away.

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I haven't solved my pool issues, yet. It's been raining for the last 3 days, so the cover has been closed. I added my last 5 gallons of bleach yesterday and to do that I had to roll the cover back enough to expose the pool. It looks exactly the same, I didn't bother to test anything. Hopefully this weekend the rain is supposed to stop and I can get back to the pool.
At this rate, maybe by mid-July I can use it.

[waterbear]

Yeah, that's why Wal-Mart stopped carrying the good stuff--the 68% and pushed HTH to supply them only with 48%--junk. WallyWorld had a warehouse either burn down or get badly damaged from mis-handled Cal-Hypo causing a fire.

HTH still has the stronger stuff. It's Super Sock-it but it's only sold in pool stores (we carry it). The regular Sock-it is the 48% stuff. (We carry it also.)

[Spensar]

"Meanwhile, vacuum to waste and brush the pool once a day."

Be sure to follow up on this bit of advice, it's important to clearing up the water quicker. When you shock and kill the green algae, it is dead but still there. That's part of the cloudiness after wiping out the greenies and it's a lot of the fine residue on the bottom of your pool after the greenies are dead.

I opened to a green mess for the first time this spring and zapped the green stuff in about a day and a half with LOTS of 12% chlorine, then turned the pump off until the residue settled to the bottom and vacummed the junk to waste.

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The sun is out, finally, so I was able to open the pool. It's still cloudy, but blue not greenish.

temp -75 degrees
FC -0
TC -3
cya -I added this am 4 hours ago, 55 ppm
ph - 7.2
cal - 0

I just added 5.68 gallons of bleach. Monday, I get my cal-hypo granules. I also bought 3" cal-hypo tablets (65%). Boy, pool chemicals are a rip. I bought 55 lbs of cya for $44.55. 55 lbs of cal-hypo tablets for $88 and 50 lbs of granules (73%)for $75.50. That may not be the cheapest, but compared to $35 for 8lbs of cya from Leslies it is most reasonable.
I vacuumed the pool before I added the bleach. The foaming is much less, but still there.
I did put the cal-hypo tablets in my chlorinator, and plan on using it unless that's a really bad idea? They don't contain any cya, these are sold for commercial water treatment, not sold specifically for pools.

[Poolsean]

You should not use cal hypo tablets in a tri-chlor tablet feeder. It needs to be vented.
Waterbear, do you agree?

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3 hours later testing

temp -76
FC - 5
CC- 2
cya - 55
TA -280
CA -0
ph - 7.2

I'm adding 3 more gallons of bleach to bring chlorine back up.

Why is venting needed on tablets? If I can't use the feeder, then I can still crush them and throw in the pool.