Yikes! Filled pool, and now just discovered 'Intex Dose' Method!

[MunkeyTX]

As long as your water is clear and you can maintain a chlorine level in your pool she can safely swim in it - the problem is that without adequate stabilizer in the water you will have to keep adding a LOT of bleach to keep that chlorine level up because it will burn off in the sun, often very quickly.

Quickly is an understatement! I added 4 doses (2 cups) of bleach last night, and when I tested it today at 6:45PM (after a very sunny hot day) my Cl read 0!

Added another 4 doses and Cl came up to 3...holy cow I need stabilizer bad!

Wondering if 1" tablets in the in-pump chlorinator would be easier afterall?

[Watermom]

It is ok to use those tablets as long as they have no copper in them and as long as you watch your pH (they are very acidic and will drive the pH down). Also, you have to monitor your CYA as continuous use of trichlor over a long period of time will cause the CYA level to get too high.

However, if you use the 'recipe' for Intex pools (which uses dichlor), the CYA level will build up pretty quickly to a good level and then you can switch to bleach.