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    Chlorine question for my green pool.

    That was my own error....I meant gallons
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    Chlorine question for my green pool.

    I assume CYA is Cyanuric Acid? Mine is at 86 ppm. They say the recommended range is 50-160 ppm on the print out from the water test today. Is this wrong? My pool is pretty full from rain today too. I will have to drain some out anyway. FYI...we have a well we use for water and we drained the...
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    Chlorine question for my green pool.

    "It's Accu-Clor Sodium Hypochlorite Solution. Active ingredients are Sodium Hypochlorite 12.5% and Inert ingredients 87.5%." Thanks
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    Chlorine question for my green pool.

    Ok here's my pool water test from today...Free Chlorine - OVR 20.71 ppm/Total Chlorine - same as Free/Combined Chlorine - 0 ppm/pH - 7.7/Hardness - 90 pm/Alkalinity - 154 ppm/Cyanic Acid - 86 ppm/Copper - 0 ppm/Iron 0.1 ppm/Saturation Index - -0.24....The pool guy said he suggests we add a...
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    Chlorine question for my green pool.

    Thanks everyone for your replies. I have been offline for awhile due to a family emergency. I have been backwashing nightly then adding a 5lb container of the chlorine. The last was added Thursday night totalling 20lbs now added to my pool. It has gone from an awful green to a light pool and a...
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    Chlorine question for my green pool.

    Thanks for the replies...It's Accu-Clor Sodium Hypochlorite Solution. Active ingredients are Sodium Hypochlorite 12.5% and Inert ingredients 87.5%. I poured one 5 gallon container into the water this evening. I'll test with a strip tomorrow. The chlorine showed very low on a test today.
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    Chlorine question for my green pool.

    Hi I am new here. Could you please tell me what the comparison to the 5 gallon bucket (the big blue thing I bought at a pool store) of Accu Chlor chlorine is to household bleach. I have been told by my pool store to add all 4 buckets totalling 20 gallons at once and I am hesitant to do so. My...