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  1. Mosco

    No free clorine?

    I was able to add enough today to get it to 3 to 4 ppm per my test kit and it has held or maybe dropped only 1 ppm in about 4 hrs of sunlight so I am very hopeful that I have this beaten. I will check it again in the morning to see where I am. I like your idea of trying to hold 8ppm but with a...
  2. Mosco

    No free clorine?

    Water is crystal clear. I am going to see if I can get it to hold at 4 ppm today. I just tested it with a DPD and a OTO test kit (new FAS-DPD kit on order) and both showed zero.
  3. Mosco

    No free clorine?

    Well you were correct my CYA is now 50 ppm so I will need to shock 20 ppm. The pool store test showed FC 1 ppm and my TC 1 ppm so maybe this is good. If so should I raise my FC to 3 ppm and see if it holds overnight? If it does not hold then I will need to shock according to "How to shock your...
  4. Mosco

    No free clorine?

    Thanks for the replay, Yea I will need to have the CYA checked again did not know that the shock would up that. I will use the pool calculator again to see how much bleach to use. I am going to use bleach to shock it but my question is do I keep adding the 4 gallons (Pool Calc) until I pass the...
  5. Mosco

    No free clorine?

    OK I am new here and have been reading a lot of great stuff on this site. Here is my problem. I have a SWG pool 24' above ground 12000 gal that has been great all summer. Now late in the season I have .5 FC and TC 1.5. Water is perfectly clear so you would not think anything is wrong. I went to...