New User First Test - Help

[psteward]

Thanks for all the help. The water looks great.
I'm now steady Ph - 7.2, cya - 40, alk - 90.
cl went 10 - 5.5 - 2.5 - 1.5 - 1.5 in the last 5 days with 0 fc.
The last 2 days I've added .75 gals and 1.5 gals to try and get the cl to 3.
Should I shock again, or keep increasing the dose to raise the cl to 3

[duraleigh]

As long as your water looks good, simply maintain your Cl level around 3-6ppm. You will soon find that you may use a gallon a day or so of Cl to keep that range. Don't let it slip.

Only need to shock the rest of the summer is if you smell a lot of Cl around your pool....that'll indicate the presence of CC's and the shocking will get them out.

Nice work!

[psteward]

My message wasn't very clear.
More specifiaclly:
My cl has been at 1.5 for two days.
I've been tring to raise it to three by adding bleach. First .75 gal then 1.5 gal the next night. (The cl remains at 1.5)
Do I need to reshock, or should I increase the number of gallons I add to raise it to 3.

[duraleigh]

Increase the number of gallons to raise it to three. However, it won't stay there.

Raise it to 5, let it drift down to three, then raise it to five again