Stabilizer ?

[aylad]

You could go ahead and add your stabilizer now if you'll put it in an old sock or knee-hi and hang it in front of a return so that it dissolves into your pool. That way the stabilizer should be registering by the time you're ready to lower your chlorine levels to normal. You don't want to put it into your skimmer until you're finished with the frequent backwashings, though. Follow label directions to dose it to 20 ppm but put it in the sock instead of broadcasting it like the directions say. It dissolves slowly, so I wouldn't bother to test for it for at least 4-5 days after you've added it to the pool.

Janet

[AnnaK]

The stabilizer I bought last year dissolves very quickly, which surprised me when I first dosed my pool because the stuff I had used prior to that was granular and slow to dissolve. This product, sold by Seaboard, is 100% cyanuric acid and is flakes rather than granules.

I've put 2 cups in a skimmer sock, knotted it and put it in the skimmer basket. The product was dissolved within 6 hours (pump on); the water temperature was approximately 58°F at the time. It showed up on my CYA test the next day.

I've also put it inside the collector bag of my PoolSkim while the pump was running. It was dissolved the next morning and was measurable.

Just thought I'd share my personal experience because there seem to be different kinds of CYA available. Not all are the slow-dissolving kind.

[hannadock]

where is the best place to buy Polyquat 60%. My chlorine is still high because I am putting bleach in it everyday and nothing else. My water is not clear but see thru cloudy. I can see the vacuum head in the bottom in the deep end but not good. My ph finally went to around 6 today. Should I now be trying keep my ph up? By the way how long does test kit tablets sealed in alum stay good?

[Watermom]

You'll probably have to buy Polyquat 60% at a pool store, but I may be wrong. Somebody else may know of someplace else that sells it.

If your ph is around 6, you need to add some Borax ASAP!! A Ph reading below 7.0 is acidic and will damage your pool. ASAP!

[hannadock]

I found it at waterwarehouse online with next day delivery. Thanks

[hannadock]

My water is still not crystal clear. My readings are in range. It's been almost 3 weeks now. I have put more than 40 bottles of 182oz of bleach in my pool. I have been backwashing, scrubbing and vaccumming till my back hurts. Should it take this long. My pool is 20X40 inground and around 56000 gallons.

[AnnaK]

I'm a little confused by your pool volume. In an earlier post you said it's 36,000 but now you say it's 56,000. Maybe a typo? Given the dimensions of 20x40 and averaging a depth of 5' we'd be looking at +/- 36,000.

Would you please post your test numbers?

FC, CC, TA, CH, CYA, pH, and please describe what you use for water testing.

It sounds like you've been doing everything right as far as brushing, backwashing, filtering and treating the water. Knowing the FC and CC readings would help us try to understand what's going on. If the water is still cloudy we might be looking at issues unrelated to algae.