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    ok thanks. by the way I have been adding bleach all summer but my chlorine kept going to zero in 24 hours until this week, then I turned on the clorinator because it finally stuck. It only has 2 tabs in it that' s why I was doubting my numbers. I just threw in a gallon of liquid shock and shut off the chlorinator, the filter is on.

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    This is a long thread, and for some reason I'm having trouble locating the volume of your pool. Since you "threw in a gallon of liquid shock", did you test for chlorine to see how high your chlorine is right now? What type of "liquid shock" did you use? You really need to get the chlorine up to at least 8 ppm.......

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    sodium hypochlorite,12.5%
    21000 gallons in ground vinyl
    I will test it again in the am and add more if needed.
    keep you posted
    thanks again

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    In 21K gallons, 1 gallon of 12.5% should have raised your FC by 6 ppm. I would definitely test again in the morning and add more to get back up to at least 8--and I would probably shoot for 10, just to be safe.

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