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    Started baquacil conversion

    Good luck Leebo! Just stick to the conversion instructions and everything will work out. My pool has been great it is 24000 gallons, cya 30 and I add about 1 to 2 quarts of bleach each day. The pool stays crystal clear. I have had no need to shock yet and it has been about 7 weeks since the...
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    Started baquacil conversion

    I just wanted to update this thread and let everyone know our conversion has been compleated. It took about 3 weeks until the pool would hold FC 15ppm over night. I think it would have gone faster if I would have kept boosting the chlorine level every hour. I added CYA and have been on the BBB...
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    Started baquacil conversion

    Jason, thanks for your reply. I have been testing FC at 9pm and 7am. FC at 9pm is brought to 15. FC was hanging around 2 in the mornings for about 7 days. Water quality is clean and clear. 3 days ago morning FC was 4.5, backwash discharge was improving. At this point I used about 80 gallons of...
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    Started baquacil conversion

    Hi, it's been about 2 weeks into our conversion and each evening FC has been brought up to 15ppm. The water has been clear for about a week but I am unable to FC any higher than 9 by morning. I have used close to 100 gallons of bleach so far. Can I add any cya at this point? Should I try a...
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    Started baquacil conversion

    Full speed ahead thank you!
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    Started baquacil conversion

    Thank you to everyone for sharing their knowledge and experiences here at trouble free pool. We started to convert from baquacil to chlorine 1 week ago. No baquacil was added for 9 months so I'm assuming it is very low. Using the pool calculator I have been adding the recomended amount of...