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Re: Baquacil to Chlorine Conversion 6-11-11 Great Value bleach is the only brand of bleach I used in my conversion because it was cheaper. It will clear up.

Been away for a while. Wife just gave birth to our third child. Conversion is complete. :party: Finished up last Friday night when I changed out the sand in the filter, installed a new pump and added CYA to the pool. I ran a complete check yesterday and the pool was completely balanced...

Added chlorine last night and checked levels: FC 17 CC .5 Checked again this morning and levels were: FC 14 CC 1.5 Should I continue to keep doing what I'm doing until CC levels out? Or should I change out my filter media in hopes that it helps put my CC levels at or below the .5 range?

Here are my numbers from this morning: FC 15.5 CC 1.5 I'm going to say the PH is still 7.5 and TA 220

For some reason my FC has shot up after adding the recommended amount. I'll check in the morning and see where I'm at. FC 21 CC 1 PH 7.5 TA 220

More pics of the conversion. We are at 51 hours into the process. [attachment=2:2x1nis1e]IMG_0770.jpg[/attachment:2x1nis1e] [attachment=1:2x1nis1e]IMG_0771.jpg[/attachment:2x1nis1e] [attachment=0:2x1nis1e]IMG_0772.jpg[/attachment:2x1nis1e]

It foamed up just like you said it would. Now what do we do to get rid of it? Lots of elbow grease I suppose?

Ever since we opened the pool up in May on baquacil we have had this hard creamy/white colored substance on the walls and the floor of the pool. We just bought the house and it was like this when I took the cover off. I've tried a wire algae brush to knock it loose but it doesn't seem to work...

It has gone really quick and painless other than driving back and forth to the store for more chlorine. I gave up on adding Baquacil product for about week before I started the conversion. Pool was fairly green before I started. I haven't encountered the dreaded Baquagoo others have...

27 hrs in. I have used 19 of the 182 oz. jugs and 7 of the 96 oz. jugs CC started out at 12 and is currently at 2.5 Had to order a new pump. Bearings going out. Hopefully it will keep running until new pump gets here. I would get this one fixed but need to keep on with the conversion. Still...