Quote Originally Posted by chris_r11 View Post
Thanks Janet,

I wish there was a WalMart near me - only Home Depot, Target and things like that. Since I only really have tomorrow to deal with this, I may have to suck it up and go to Leslies I will see if they have anything other than the $30 a gallon stuff.

Do my other numbers seem far out of line? (other than my lack of Chlorine?)

The Pool Co, did not call back after they got there and he said he had another board for it with him, so I am going to assume, the chlorinator is working again - so, (dumb question) I have to shock to get rid of the algae?

Thanks, Chris
Chris,

The Home Depot and Lowe's in my area also sell stabilizer--it's labeled the same way as the WalMart stuff, but it's the same thing--just check the ingredient label.

Even if you do get the SWG back working again, you're still going to need to shock to eliminate the algae. I still recommend that you do it with bleach. I know most SWGs have a "superchlorinate" setting, but to maintain the level of chlorine that you're going to need, you're going to substantially reduce your cell life. It'll be easier on the SWG if you just run it at its normal setting and use bleach to do the shocking.

Other than your chlorine and CYA levels being off, as waterbear mentioned I would check your cell to make sure you don't have scaling going on--CH of 600 is pretty high. Is it that high in your fill water?

Janet