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    Default Re: never ending chlorine demand help

    Are you using WalMart strips or the WalMart HTH drop test kit aylad recommended?

    I don't understand how a CYA level of 100ppm is indicated as "good"--it's far too high if it's accurate, which it probably isn't as strips are notoriously hard to read correctly.
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    Default Re: never ending chlorine demand help

    all they had were strips and I miss read it it is at 50ppm the bleach seems to be working I have gone from a very green pool to a light green so we r making progress my ph was high so I added acid I will test agine tomorrow.

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    Default Re: never ending chlorine demand help

    Keep hitting it with bleach. As often as you can per day, test and add enough bleach to get it back to shock level.

    Also, you don't say what your readings are but, if your chlorine level is higher than 10, your pH test will falsely show higher pH than you actually have. So, don't test pH or add muriatic acid unless your cl is below 10ppm.

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