Finally got some K2006C numbers.. please look

[mastamoon]

Im in Brick, Northern Ocean County.

Watermom, wouldnt a gallon of 6% raise my pool like 4.8ppm? Or am I missing something?

[aylad]

Yes, a gallon will raise it 4.8, but in Watermom's post, she stated that a quart would raise it by a little over 1 ppm...

[mastamoon]

Lol, whoops.. amazing what your eyes see and what your brains register sometimes.

Just dumped 2 gallons of bleach in... 6% sodium hypochlorate i believe it is. Target brand bleach @ 2.99 a gallon. Such a money pit.

[PBLsQuad450]

Mastamoon, I was in Brick yesterday! The pool feels like a big money pit right now, but once you get command it is really A LOT cheaper than people think. As long as you stay out of the pool store. You can beat that price too. I have been getting 98oz. Bottles (the "regular" size bleach bottle) for .99 cents each at Aldi. I was not much over a hundred bucks total last year and I am a 33,000 gallon pool. Granted, I will spend more this year, but some leftover chemicals will make next year like last year. I think running a big 'ol IG pool for the same cost as a tank of gas in a Chevy Suburban is pretty darn reasonable! Good luck!

[mastamoon]

Nice.

Im in about 60 bucks on bleach alone this year since opening the pool in early May. My father in law has a pool similar to mine, lives close to me, and has 0 problems keeping his pool clear with out more than a bottle of shock every week or 2 and some hockey puck tablets in a floater. Mine seems to be a constant battle. Really think I need a better pump/filter combo.. this package that came with the pool, bought from Branchbrook cant be anywhere near "top of the line".

Mastamoon, I was in Brick yesterday! The pool feels like a big money pit right now, but once you get command it is really A LOT cheaper than people think. As long as you stay out of the pool store. You can beat that price too. I have been getting 98oz. Bottles (the "regular" size bleach bottle) for .99 cents each at Aldi. I was not much over a hundred bucks total last year and I am a 33,000 gallon pool. Granted, I will spend more this year, but some leftover chemicals will make next year like last year. I think running a big 'ol IG pool for the same cost as a tank of gas in a Chevy Suburban is pretty darn reasonable! Good luck!

[mastamoon]

Added those 2 gallons of bleach at 12pm, at 7:50pm the FC was 5.5.

Did I wait long enough for the 2 gallons of bleach to mix fully? Should I add more before calling it a day?

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Added 2 more bottles at 8:30pm. See how she looks in the morning.

[PoolDoc]

With your low stabilizer, you will lose chlorine very rapidly on sunny days. If your Memorial Day was like ours, solar loss was at a maximum today!

If you have brushed your entire pool, and have no more green anywhere, you can drop your chlorine levels back to the 1 - 3 ppm range. I'd recommend adding a single 96oz jug in the evening, for max effect, and then maybe 1/3 of a jug before swimming.

However, you need to get some stabilizer in there. How do you want to do that? If you have access to a Sams Club, a very easy way is to buy their 24lb pack of PoolBrand dichlor shock -- on your pool, the whole package equals 160 ppm chlorine, and about 140 ppm stabilizer. But, the sealed bags will keep till next year. A good dose for your pool would be 1/3 - 1/2 bag in the evening. Each bag will add about 13 ppm chlorine and about 12 ppm stabilizer. Sams is selling those packs for a little more than $2/lb, at least in my area.

If you can't do that, and need to get it from Amazon, here's the link:

Kem-Tek Stabilizer 4lbs

If you get granular stabilizer, put it in an old sock, and hang it in front of the pool return.