Intex 16x48 Ultra Frame Pool

[bdearen]

So few issues. I filled my pool before I found this forum so I just started using your dosing guides.

I am waiting on my Taylor test kit but have some strips I got from the pool store. They are 7 way test strips. They are hard to read but everything is in the OK range except FC which appears to be at 0. I understand straight bleach wears off very fast because if the sun. My pool is in direct sunlight all day and temps are almost 100 degrees here in Southern California. I have a floating feeder so should I continue adding doses of bleach and borox in addition to the floating feeder? I had a ton of kids swimming here this weekend the day after I filled it. I just added some pool shock that came with the pool today.

Your guide says to add dichloral every day. Do I do this in addition to my floating feeder that has chlorine 3" tabs in it?? And do I just dump the granules of dichloral directly into the pool or sprinkle them around?? The granules seem to stick to the bottom.

[PoolDoc]

Dichlor should dissolve almost instantly. Check your label -- some people are packaging granular trichlor as shock, and IT will not dissolve instantly.

If you have plain undiluted dichlor (56% available chlorine!), I'm surprised. But try dissolving it in a bucket of pool water for a few minutes before pouring it into the pool.

Do *NOT* let your chlorine be zero!

[Watermom]

How many trichlor tabs did you buy? Are they wrapped or unwrapped?

[bdearen]

OK so update. I added in a bottle of CYA (conditioner) and 1 bag of shock last night. I have 2 floating dispensers with trichlor tabs in both. I tested this morning and everything was in perfect range. My question to you wonderful people here is can I just keep the floaters filled with the trichlor tabs full time without adding anything else to my pool? Obviously test each week to make sure everything is in order. The tabs I am using say 93% trichlor + 5% other ingredients = 84% chlorine. I have 4 kids that are out for summer break and will use this pool almost daily. My second question is would it be a good idea to drop a cup of bleach and a cup of borax in the night before I know the pool will get heavy use like a weekend ect.. ?? I want to keep the costs down as much as possible with this pool as I didn't understand the costs/maintenance associated with this thing before I purchased it and filled it thanks again for helping all of us.

The tabs are not wrapped. I have a bucket of 3" tabs I have in one floater (2 in each time) and I have a small floater with 1 " tabs neither were wrapped. I think I need to make sure my CYA is up to the correct level so I am not losing chlorine in the sun light correct?

[PoolDoc]

You're going to have to get a K2006 test kit, and monitor your CYA levels. For every 10 ppm of chlorine added, trichlor adds about 6 ppm of stabilizer. http://pool9.net/tk/

+ Keep your chlorine level at at least 10% of your CYA (stabilizer) level.

+ Trichlor also adds acid; use borax to keep the pH above 7.

+ Using bleach as a 'shock' will decrease the rate at which your CYA ppm rises.

[bdearen]

You're going to have to get a K2006 test kit, and monitor your CYA levels. For every 10 ppm of chlorine added, trichlor adds about 6 ppm of stabilizer. http://pool9.net/tk/

+ Keep your chlorine level at at least 10% of your CYA (stabilizer) level.

+ Trichlor also adds acid; use borax to keep the pH above 7.

+ Using bleach as a 'shock' will decrease the rate at which your CYA ppm rises.

thank you for the information. I am having a small issue here. Everytime people use the pool the free chlorine drops to 1 or 0. Everything else is testing fine and I can fix this problem by using hypochloritie shock but that is expensive to use every few days. Is there something else I can do to keep the chlorine level up even when people use the pool? I have 2 feeders floating with trichlor tablets.

[PoolDoc]

When people use the pool . . . chlorine gets used up. That's perfectly normal.

[bdearen]

Thanks for your reply. Should I be using hypochlorite to shock the pool after each use? How can I maintain a proper chlorine level at all times? Is there a cheaper alternative to this? Sorry if these are dumb questions but I am trying to keep this level correct. Thanks for helping me I appreciate it very much.