This was our first year with a pool and let me tell you, nightmare doesn't begin to describe after deciding on baqua. I research everything, but didn't even do a basic search when it was decided we would try this stuff, it just sounded easy. We put around $2K in baqua + other chems into the pool this year as the baqua levels and algeacide levels would constantly drop to 0. We finally realized we had a water mold problem and that was likely the reason, but the 2K spent already left a very bad taste in our mouths (for obv reasons). Finally did some research and doesn't look like mold and baqua is uncommon. Anyhow....
So the conversion begins. All baqua numbers have been near 0 all year round so I figure this shouldn't be too bad. Calculator told me 4+ bottles of 182oz, so I threw in 5 last night. I currently only have strips and a small cheap chlorine test kit (my test kit should arrive today). After I put this in, I barely had any reading on the strips and the liquid kit (went to walmart quick) showed 1-2 for FC. I have a 24K gallon pool, but the calc said I should be at 15 FC with that dose. This morning, it was about the same reading but I threw in 2 more bottles and will test in a bit to see if I get a better reading.
Long story short, can I trust the readings of the kits I have? I don't want to throw in too much bleach when my test kit should arrive today. Thoughts?
Here are some pics of the start. Pretty normal I guess...
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So the conversion begins. All baqua numbers have been near 0 all year round so I figure this shouldn't be too bad. Calculator told me 4+ bottles of 182oz, so I threw in 5 last night. I currently only have strips and a small cheap chlorine test kit (my test kit should arrive today). After I put this in, I barely had any reading on the strips and the liquid kit (went to walmart quick) showed 1-2 for FC. I have a 24K gallon pool, but the calc said I should be at 15 FC with that dose. This morning, it was about the same reading but I threw in 2 more bottles and will test in a bit to see if I get a better reading.
Long story short, can I trust the readings of the kits I have? I don't want to throw in too much bleach when my test kit should arrive today. Thoughts?
Here are some pics of the start. Pretty normal I guess...
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