Pool has been filled two days

[jbk000]

I didn't report alkalinity or base demand out of sheer ignorance, my apologies for that. Unfortunately, I didn't discover this forum until I had already filled my pool, so I couldn't follow the recipe from the beginning, and it's hard to figure out how much bleach I'm supposed to have in there already. 4 doses?

Alkalinity is 80 ppm, pH is well above 8.2, stabilizer ???, calcium ??? Cl Br doesn't change color. This kit tests for bromine, and does not test for stabilizer or calcium apparently, although calcium carbonate is mentioned in the total alkalinity test. So I will get the test kit that you recommend.

The bleach bottle reads "sodium hypochlorite 8.25%." I don't know if this is the "PLAIN 6%" bleach that you recommend. I've got "sodium dichloro-s-triazintrione 99% with 55.5% available chlorine." Is this the dichlor that you're talking about? The first thing the directions say is to adjust the pH to between 7.2-7.6 and "check for metals" before using it. But I'll go ahead and put in what it calls a "maintenance dose" ASAP.

Thanks for your help!

[PoolDoc]

The bleach bottle reads "sodium hypochlorite 8.25%." I don't know if this is the "PLAIN 6%" bleach that you recommend.

The most common bleach % has changed from 6% to 8.25%; I updated the page. The dosing doesn't have to change -- a little extra bleach is better than not enough.

Here's the dosing from that page:

Dose Chart

• 2500 - 3500 gallons => 1/2 cup = 1 dose
• 3500 - 5000 gallons => 3/4 cups = 1 dose
• 5000 - 7000 gallons => 1 cups = 1 dose
• 7000 - 11,000 gallons => 1 1/2 cups = 1 dose
• 11,000 - 14,000 gallons => 2 cups = 1 dose

"sodium dichloro-s-triazintrione 99% with 55.5% available chlorine." Is this the dichlor that you're talking about?

Yes.