Walmart chlorine vs Chlorinator

[Watermom]

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By the way, unless there is some product out there that I have never heard of, those tabs you saw were probably not baking soda but more likely a stabilized form of chlorine called Trichlor which add chlorine and CYA (stabilizer) at the same time.

[superburg]

here is the link to the arm and hammer tabs, definitly is baking soda - http://www.armandhammer.com/deodoriz...e-tablets.aspx

I did the pool chart entry form and will complete the results this afternoon when i get home. I am already at work, it is too dark when I leave in the morning to test. I asked my husband to test before he leaves this morning if he has time to do it I will record them. I will put in the readings from yesterday morning for now. i did dump 3 gallons last night as advised.

[superburg]

okay this morning using aquacheck chlorine is about a 1, ph about 7 and alkalinity same at about 80. Should I add borax? and if so before or after the liquid bleach tonight? thanks again

[PoolDoc]

You can add some borax and add bleach at the same time.

[Watermom]

Interesting about the Arm and Hammer tablets. I had never seen them before. Thanks for sharing that info.

[superburg]

put in Borax and 3 gallons of bleach last night, there was a lot of rain here but this morning chlorine is high at 5 ( yeah finally held) ph increased only a little to around 7.2 and alkalinity stayed at 80. should I put more borax in tonight and if chlorine holds tonight will leave alone for now

thanks

[superburg]

okay got my new test kit the k-2006 here are my readings I think (not good at science) I need to add 4lbs of Borax and some chlorine just not sure how much maybe 3 gallons again
FC=1.4
CC=1.0
PH-7
Alkalinity =100
Calcium Hardness - 230
CYA = 60

[aylad]

With a CYA of 60, you need to keep your chlorine in the 5-10 ppm range all the time, otherwise you're going to end up with a green pool. With your chlorine being low, and your CC already at 1.0, I would go ahead and shock the pool, which is going to mean raising your chlorine to 20 ppm to get rid of whatever's trying to grow in there. As Pooldoc pointed out, each gallon of bleach will raise your chlorine by 2 ppm, so you need to add more like 10 gallons in order to achieve shock level for your CYA.

How does your water look?