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Thanks. I have a SWG, but sometimes it needs a boost, like after the continuous heavy rain we have had recently. If liquid chlorine is the best way to do it, I'll just find a pool shop that will supply it. Cheers

OK, Thanks for the feedback. I have a supply of baking soda but wanted to confirm that it can be used for Alkalinity Increaser. I'll use it in future. As I suspected, they mis-name it Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate because if they called in Sodium Bicarbonate nobody would buy it from the pool shop...

Brisbane floods have subsided, and cyclone Yasi has passed (though many in Queensland have lost everything, and Victoria is still copping damage). Yasi was similar in size and intensity to Katrina, but fortunately the areas it crossed were less populated and less vulnerable than with Katrina...

The balance Calc is a formula that came with my Palintest test kit. This seemed like the most suitable one available in Australia and gives me the info I need. It comes up with a balance value derived from CH, TA and pH.

I suppose everyone heard about the devastating Brisbane Floods http://tinyurl.com/4dxfkk8. Fortunately where we live was not flooded, but many homes (let alone pools) in low lying areas were inundated with muddy water and will take a lot of work to recover. However, while we were free of...

Thanks for the feedback. Is there a 'non-pool-shop' way to raise the CYA and CH? I find that they are so focused on selling branded products that I have no confidence in their recommendations. I don't mind buying stuff from them (I'm keen to support local businesses) but I prefer to buy only...

Pool has had minimum attention over winter but summer is coming and I've had my first couple of swims. From now on it becomes increasingly important to maintain chemical balance to avoid runaway algae, staining etc. We recently had serious rain which seriously overflowed the pool so I tossed in...

Hi All, This is a follow-on from my previous posts about stains on the walls of my pool. After searching all over I decided that the only way I could get a bulk quantity of chlorine, unmixed with stabiliser, was to buy 25 litres of liquid chlorine from a local pool shop. They were unable to...

Thanks for that. So far I have been looking for local stuff. Sydney is 1000km away so freight might be a problem. I might go for liquid chlorine from the local pool shop, at least to clean up the deposit on the walls. Today I came across a new business, about to open in a couple of weeks, that...

OK, shock the pool is the plan so I have been hunting around supermarkets trying to find (inexpensive) chlorine so that I can increase the chlorine level to 15-16 as advised. None of the supermarkets seem to sell granulated or powdered chlorine, only liquid. I would appreciate some guidance...

Ooops! Typing mistake. The FC and the TC were both 3 this morning. It was the CC that meant to put in as 0. I have now edited the post. Anyway, it sounds like 'Shock the Pool' is the next step. A have been reading, and re-reading, the Pool School notes. Thanks for the advice. Cheers,

As I may have mentioned previously, Brisbane has a water supply problem so we are reluctant to top-up the pool with tap water. Our solution has been to divert one of the down-pipes from the roof, into the pool. Due to the lack of rain he level has been dropping steadily due to evaporation. We...

Thanks guys, I think I'm getting the hang of this. I'll check out the supermarket bleach. I did the full test again today and the chlorine is still way up. I've turned the chlorine production down to zero and will test it daily until it gets down to about 4 and will then start 'tweaking' the...

The label says "Active Constituent 630g/kg available chlorine Cl) present as trichloroisocyanuric acid. Also contains 300g/kg sodium tetraborate pentahydrate". Sounds like a good argument in favour of buying the base ingredients and mixing your own cocktails. BTW, I have been comparing sodium...

Yesterday I added 500g of pool shop sanitizer AND increased chlorinator production from 15 to 25 (on a scale of 30). Ooops! Too far. Now FC and TC are both off the scale at 5+ pH is still at 7.6 I'll see where chlorine settles after a couple of days of chlorinator only. Today is a bit cooler...

OK. That's interesting. The test kit I have been using until now shows the 'ideal' free chlorine level as being 1.0 to 1.5ppm. However the latest pack of pool-shop sanitizer I bought recommends 3.0ppm at the current temperature of 27 Celsius. So, I'll get it up by adding some directly, and will...

Hi All, My new test kit arrived from Palintest Australia this morning. Now that I can perform the required tests I have promoted myself from the Just Getting Started forum to this one. Results this morning's tests, with the new kit, are: pH- 7.6 (evaporation had dropped the water level...

Thanks to all for a big welcome to the forum. Much appreciated. chem geek - Re Borates. I'll do some hunting around to find bulk sources of chemicals, including Sodium Bicarbonate and Borates (Borax?). Once I find them the info will no doubt be of interest to other Aussies. Ted - Re Americas...

Thanks Richard, I checked out the Palintest Australia web-site and looks like they have what I need. I'll contact them find out about products and prices. My DPD-1 chlorine test tabs are Palintest brand. Yes, we have always used the SWG but the original one failed a couple of years ago and we...

Hi All, I've been lurking around this forum for a while and it seems a really helpful source of information. I thought I would start out by introducing myself. Firstly, I live Brisbane Australia (which means I use metric measurements). Brisbane has a sub-tropical climate with typical winter...