Forum: Using Chlorine and Chlorinating Chemicals

We had our first, and fantastically fun, pool party for the Fourth yesterday! At any given time there were 10 or more people in the pool, ranging...

Have 1700 Gal Pop Up, used bleach and borax to start pool last week. Bought mini floater and broke a chlorine puck in half and put in floaty. ...

Im using one of the Taylor drop based test kits where when doing the CC test the color turns "pinker" if CC is present. Problem is that Im not seeing...

10000 gal IG vinyl liner, sand filter BBB FC 19.5 raised it to this level this morning previously FC 9 CC <.5 TC 20 ish...

I wanted to thank you all for your great advice. I have an in-ground, 30,000 gunite pool I inherited with a new house. Last year we tried using...

Due to cloudiness problems and a little algae, i have been instructed to bring my chlorine level up with bleach. I have a SWG set to full blast, and...

Just thought this would be of interest to all. I got it from a link in this forum. Look forward to comments Thanks bmgo...

I am using bleach for chlorination and muriatic acid to reduce pH. My question is 1) At what pH do you adjust your pH down 2) How low do you...

I've been fighting an algae bloom and now I'm struggling to clear up the cloudy water. I've been maintaining shock levels for a week and a half and...

I have been doing as pool forum has guided me. Shocking the :D out of my pool water! It is still cloudy, but has improved. We think we should...

Ok, I have been using the BBB message this year and it has worked great!. I had a high CYA at the beginning of the year and fixed with the partial...

We have an 34 x 18 AG pool w/the normal 1 skimmer and return....question is, what will happen if water level gets at top of skimmer? I filled up...

After reading about how everyone with a chlorine salt based generators loves the feel of the water and how easy it is on the eyes, I want that too....

Since I had a CYA of over 100 and TH of 500 I decided to drain the pool last night. I took the water level down to 28 inches which is almost halfway....

I went to walmart and bought a 5 or 6 way tester. It didn't come with instructions!!!! "Add drops" on the individual bottles but do we have to...

Okay .... we have been at this for a week now and can't get any further. We bought the house with the pool and have no experience with this pool...

Last summer, or maybe it was the summer before that, I bought some slow dissolving Chlorine tablets made by HTH that you could put in your skimmer. ...

We bought our 15x30 AGP used and it came with a pump, filter and Perform Max automatic sanitizer. I thought it sounded like a great idea for easy...

I have read a few of the messages here and I am curious with a 27000 gallon pool how much salt would I need to throw in to make a difference. And I...

This is my first pool. Purchased at walmart. 16' x 3 1/3 ft. It came with no help what so ever. :) I know absolutely nothing about pool care...

Is it ok to pour chemicals directly into the skimmer, with a D.E filter? Chlorine or Acid. I usually just pour them into the discharge area. ...

I was wondering how many gallons I would have to purchase to last me around a month? I know there are variable factors but what would be your best...

I recently found this forum and would like to submit my numbers to find out exactly what I need to do. I have been using the BBB method (per advice...

I live in Maryland and last night we had a flash flood. My crystal clear pool is now a brown pond. I started the filter 24/7 backwashed once,...

Say I want to shock my pool to 15ppm and my FC tests at 5ppm. Would I add 10ppm of chlorine or do you shock with the amount you need and forget about...

going to be gone about 5 days, how do you maintain pool using bleach while gone? last time i left for 2 days and the pool began completely cloudy...

High CYA content mitigates chlorine's sanitizing properties, right? At the same time, does high CYA mitigate chlorine's negatives, e.g., if I shock...

If the pool store tells me to add 20 pounds of Alk Up, how much Baking soda do I add?

According to the pool store computer (Bioguard) the 'ideal' level for CYA is 30-200ppm and for Chlorine is 1-3ppm. But according to the best guess...