Chlorine Lock ?

[mjsboone]

I do not believe the shock time is over yet either according to my numbers (which I cannot tell you with certainty what they are right now-my son is not home) however, your comment regarding my smelling chlorine faintly for the first time had me worried. I have been out around my pool this afternoon sniffing away trying to smell chlorine which I am proud to report, I smelled nothing! I believe that I must have been smelling the remnants of the bleach bottles! Yesterday, when I started to panic about running out of reagent, which we did this morning, I ordered another bottle without even looking at the ounces. I just do not want to lose ground because I cannot test for another day or two. Ugh!

[Big Splash]

Don't be worried so much. A slight smell isn't worth stressing over. A strong smell is a warning sign.

I ran out of reagent myself for about 5 days earlier this month. I test every day. I just kept adding my typical 1/3rd of 121oz 8.25% each day. Next test after getting my package shipment was right where I expected.

If you order again, use the Amazon store here and the forum will get a small piece of the sale.

http://poolforum.com/amz/

[mjsboone]

I did order through Amazon link on website.

[Big Splash]

[mjsboone]

Yikes! Pool experts, I believe I have screwed up my pool even worse! Received new bottle of reagent this afternoon and tested tonight. My numbers...FC 36, CC 7. I kept putting bleach in morning and night for the past 3 days hoping I would keep up the progress we were making in the numbers. I far surpassed the 25ppm I was shooting for. And went way up in CC also. Pool is not quite as clear as it was a few days ago and saw some algae on bottom-not a lot. Looking for some guidance please. Did the supposed chlorine lock break and,even worse, did I keep adding when I should not have.? I starting to freak out again!

[PoolDoc]

In a complicated situation like yours, it's hard to track the changes unless you record and present them systematically.

If you would please us the form, http://pool9.net/pf-hist-form/ to enter your observations. Feel free to post earlier observations if you have retained them.

Let me know when you have a couple of records up, and I'll take a look.

[PoolDoc]

One more thing: if you have done so, please watch the testkit videos completely; they are linked off the test kit page => http://pool9.net/tk/