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    Question, going away for five days

    Thanks, was thinking that I didn't need pucks anyway, just didn't want to come home to a green monster. Going to bring fc up to 30 and no pucks and hope for the best. No algea issues at this time, but had them 3 days ago and that is why I began shocking. BTW signature line updated a bit, when...
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    Question, going away for five days

    I am still transitioning to BBB, but cya is still a little high (75). FC at 24 going to bring it up to 30 to hyperchlorinate before going on vacation. Question is, planning on putting some trichlor in the chlorinator, how many pucks and what to set dial on? Hayward chlorinator has dial that...
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    Question on FC and CC

    yes using 10ml sample. CYA is 70 and FC at 28.5 for shocking purposes. Why would water be cloudy if there is no CC? Just b/c of CYA level? Been draining and replacing water periodically and moved away from trichlor to straight bleach 6%.
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    Question on FC and CC

    When I do my chlorine test (taylor k2006) and im at the cc phase, I put the 5 drops in and it doesn't turn pink. I know that I have algea etc.. If I let the sample sit for about 10 mins or so it will turn pink. Is this normal or is it supposed to turn back to pink right away?
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    just checking if I'm on the right track

    This mornings #'s FC-45 CC-0 PH-7.4 TA-120 CH-40 CYA-120 Areated all night to bring up PH. Double checked CC to make sure, and It is at 0, unless the reagent in test is bad (just to be sure, I put 25 drops in and it didn't go back to pink). In the process of doing another drain (I usually...
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    just checking if I'm on the right track

    Yea, just discovered this site, so am working toward moving away from chlorinator. CYA is so high because I went away on vac and came back to a swamp. Did multiple shocks, flocs and vac to waste over the course a 5 days. had no real test kit at the time, so added CYA according to what the...
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    just checking if I'm on the right track

    FC-20 CC-0 PH-7.0 TA-120 CYA-120 Cloudy water, some green on bottom. Looks like it's getting worse daily. Approx. 25,000 gals (16X36) with 4' and 8' Automatic chlorinator with trichlor tabs. Sand filter. Taylor k-2006C Test kit. just put in 1092 oz of 6% bleach according to what pool...