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    If here is truly something called chlorine lock, I my be a victim!

    Before I put in the "Yellow Out", I tried Algae Control a step 4 Algae preventer. The active ingredient is, and its a long one, Poly[oxyethylene(dimethyliminio)ethylene(dimethyliminio)ethylene dichloride) 60%. Says it contains 5.76 lbs of active ingredient per gallon. I thought I saw a...
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    If here is truly something called chlorine lock, I my be a victim!

    When I said I shocked the pool initially, I went to Leslie's and got 6 packets of Power Powder Plus. Put in 1 container of Yellow Out, waited 30 minutes then put in 3 packets of PPP, then the next day put in 3 more PPP. Still had 0.5 chlorine reading. Kept brushing and vacuuming and searching...
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    If here is truly something called chlorine lock, I my be a victim!

    FC = 0.5 CC = 0.5 CH = 2500 (yes, 100 drops before it turned light blue) pH = 6.8 TA = 60 (not really red, more of a fuschia) CYA =20 ( I could still see the black dot)
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    If here is truly something called chlorine lock, I my be a victim!

    A couple of weeks ago I attempted to rebalance my pH as it was registering below 6.8. I mixed about 2 lbs of soda ash with fresh water and immediately the pool turned blue and cloudy. Yikes!!! I have a chlorine generator (Chlorine Genie) which, up till now, has been heaven. To my surprise, I...