Help! Yes "another" Baquacil user .

[spankypsl]

Let me start off by a big thank you for everyones help with this.... total clueless, but slowing catching on.
Ok heres what I have to date.
7/27 - started the switch w/ a total of 7 bottles of Bleach, 1 tub of chlorine my sister had and lots of backwashing ( color went very green which I new it would ).
I did the test for chlorine with the shot glass method. But it is a test that you look for color change / yellow and is very hard to make out.just bright YELLOW.
This is the only step that I need some guidence with.
7/28 - Ok I must be doing somthing right, Not to green this morning,can see the steps.
Added 4 Bleaches and brushed & backwashed.
Again tried to test but still stumped..So took sample to pool store for test. Heres what I have: Total Chlorine - 2.5
pH - 7.7
Acid Demand - 2
Total Alkalinity - 100ppm
Calcium - 230
stabilizer - 30 ppm
I ask pool clerk if I was even close to the 15ppm and she didn't understand,
(she said I was in normal range now, like me can't figure out the whole 15ppm) but told me she was sure it would drop so to keep doing what I'm doing.
returned home,pool looked clearer,added 1 chlorine and 3 bleaches & backwashed. I hope it's ok to use liquid chlorine I read it on here it was.Is it ?Pool went a little greener but I do believe it's working !!!!!! I think I got lucky and never really had the goo alot seem to get. Backwash is a light milky white now.
So thats where I'm at. I have this down I just don't want to add to much Bleach and fade a new liner. I did the Bleach calc. and really don't understand it as well,sorry!
On the Pool size I did 15,000, Chlorine strength 6, Quantity of bleach ???? ( here where It looses me , I dont't know how much thats why I'm using it. and the ppm 15. I'm sorry if I sound clueless.
Will add more tonight and backwash before bed and get back to you in the morning. I will get another reading from pool store as well. Thanks again, Don't give up on me....lol!

[Watermom]

In your pool, each quart of 6% bleach will raise your chlorine level by 1 ppm. So, if your chlorine level is 2.5, you want to add enough bleach to raise it back up to 15. The small jugs you can buy are 3 quart jugs. So, to get from 2.5 to about 15, add 12 quarts of bleach which would be 4 of the three quart jugs. It won't hurt your liner and the more consistently you can keep the cl at 15, the quicker your conversion is going to go. Don't be afraid to take the cl up to 15. That is what it is going to take!

For the bleach calc - 15,000 gallons, 6%, then quantity put .25 which would represent one fourth of a gallon which is one quart. You'll see that it will tell you that one quart will raise your cl by ppm.

[spankypsl]

Thank you !!!!! I really think I have it now ! Why didn't I hear from you in the first place.lol. Simple but laid out, just what I needed. Thanks so much again. I will check in tomorrow with new understanding of it all : )

[ILHoz]

I am one of the many newbie's that posted about my converging.
1st night 7 gallons of liquid chlorine,2nd 7 gallons,3rd 6 gallons, 4th 6 gallons,
5th 6 gallons, 6th 6 gallons. 7th day pool was clear, swam in it that evening.
Everyday we brushed and backflushed many times, and changed the sand in filter. In my post I was asking for words of encouragment. It wasn't looking good. Now my pool sparkles and shines. Good luck to you their is light at the end of the tunnel.
Leslie

[spankypsl]

Ok I DID IT !!!! Or should I say WE did it, couldn't have done it without all your help. Thanks so much ! My pool is soooooooooooooo clear ! It took about 4 days but it all worked out great, should have done it sooner. Still working on keeping that chlorine level up, but it's working. My sister said I need to hang a sock with a stablizer in it. Is this true ? Or what should I use. Thanks again guys for all the guidence.

[aylad]

Don't hang the sock with stabilizer in it until your conversion is complete--you want the Cl to be maximum effective against the Baq. When you're no long losing Chlorine overnight, then change your filter media, and THEN hang your stabilizer sock.

Janet

[spankypsl]

Thanks yet again... will wait a day or two then change out my sand filter.....Which brings up another question > The pool clerk told me to change over to this other filter filler other then the sand ( sorry not sure of the name ) he said it cleans much better. Any truth ??? Pros & cons.
Thanks again !