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So I have 10 bags of Fresh n clear sitting around. Should I use them this Summer or toss them? Potassium peroxymonosulfate

we held the Chlorine there for days before now, but we still should have it there? all algae is gone. what about my other numbers? I guess I am trying to figure out why I need it at 15 still? why continue to keep it at shock value?

Green Pond Sludge...Chlorine dumps, now looking great not all the way clear but getting there. Leslies Numbers Yesterday, we knew it would look about like this...bad bad rains, on top of pool issues after broken SWG circuit board. 18K pool, salt FC 1.5 ph 8.6 TA 240 CH 40 CYA 0 zilch Salt...

My husband went to Leslies :hammer: We are cleaning a huge mess after some circuit went out on the salt board. I have to give him props for fixing it himself. In the first year of having this second hand pool he has had to clean 3 ponds now. The first was because of a pipe break underground...

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I guess I dont even need to tell you what the pool store said... :P so 30 mins even if we put a crud load in? Im going to jump in!

How long after adding Muriatic acid can we swim?

Oh yes it was much worse...like I said 2 weeks off in the TX Sun, 100+ degree and lots of dirt tossed in the pool through a broken pipe; plus we have crudy paper filters which we cleaned 2-4 times a day. Like I said, I wouldnt run out and buy it unless you wanted to save some time...if it were...

We had just hit the killed algae stage, very cloudy white water just hours from lime green. We were at the phase that usually takes another week for things to clear up, I put this junk in and the best way I can describe it "coagulated" all the stuff into an easy to vac material at the bottom...

We just used this product, Pool First Aid, as we had it left over from out last pool store manipulation fest. I decided why not toss it in since I had already $PAID$ for it the last time we had a disaster. Anyway, this stuff worked wonders. I have not seen problems with my numbers because of...

Okay so I found a new part of the pool calculator...this is a seriously cool tool, way over the top...So you guys havent recieved death threats from the owners of BIG POOL STORES across the nation :goodjob:

edited because I found something...THANKS!!

Okay I need to raise my CYA which is at 20. I also need to shock. I am thinking of using store bought shock as a double duty...how much will a 1lb bag of the Dichlor raise the CYA of a 20k pool?

Thanks again. I have gotten this same answer several times and it isnt what I was asking...but I am pretty darn sure I need Bleach to clean a mess now :-D And I thought this was the Deep End...

You are better off with bleach, no luck finding 12% at pool stores either. I would focus on bleach right now. Last time I did the tango with Leslies for weeks, 2 steps forward 1 step back...once I found this place and did the bleach my numbers just went perfect and my pool cleared...I believe...